Software Quality Assurance Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Software Quality Assurance make in South Dakota?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Quality Assurance in South Dakota is $64,201 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $31.

However, a Software Quality Assurance's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $72,424
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $59,210 to $68,505
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $54,666

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Software Quality Assurance Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,505	$5,709	$1,317	$33
Average	$64,201	$5,350	$1,235	$31
25th Percentile	$59,210	$4,934	$1,139	$28

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Key Factors That Influence Software Quality Assurance Salaries

A Software Quality Assurance's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Software Quality Assurance Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Quality Assurance's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $64,547
Early Career (1-2 years): $82,854
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $100,453
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $115,996
Expert (over 8 years): $135,595

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$64,547
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$82,854
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$100,453
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$115,996
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$135,595

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How Do Software Quality Assurance Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Software Quality Assurances. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $78,216.
California: $77,920.
Massachusetts: $76,881.

District of Columbia $78,216 California $77,920 Massachusetts $76,881 Washington $76,599 New Jersey $76,570 Alaska $76,471 Connecticut $75,497 New York $75,101

Hawaii $73,836 Rhode Island $73,243 Maryland $72,840 Minnesota $72,289 Colorado $72,077 Illinois $72,007 Oregon $71,738 Delaware $71,541

New Hampshire $71,416 Virginia $71,138 Pennsylvania $70,326 Nevada $69,916 North Dakota $69,782 Michigan $69,570 Wisconsin $69,492 Vermont $69,336

Texas $68,906 Maine $68,877 Arizona $68,835 Ohio $68,785 Georgia $68,136 Indiana $67,811 Wyoming $67,747 Utah $67,648

Iowa $67,606 Kansas $67,267 Louisiana $67,168 North Carolina $67,132 Missouri $67,118 Florida $66,843 Montana $66,694 Nebraska $66,553

Kentucky $66,475 South Carolina $66,193 Tennessee $66,016 Idaho $65,946 New Mexico $65,430 Oklahoma $65,317 Alabama $64,900 South Dakota $64,201

Arkansas $63,819 West Virginia $63,614 Mississippi $63,000

Top Paying Cities for Software Quality Assurances

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $62,972
Aurora: $63,063
Baltic: $63,770

Alcester, SD $62,972 Aurora, SD $63,063 Baltic, SD $63,770 Beresford, SD $63,007 Brandon, SD $64,123 Brookings, SD $63,063 Burbank, SD $62,858 Canistota, SD $63,063

Canton, SD $63,629 Centerville, SD $63,063 Chancellor, SD $63,417 Chester, SD $63,063 Colman, SD $63,063 Colton, SD $63,346 Crooks, SD $64,123 Davis, SD $63,063

Dell Rapids, SD $63,487 Egan, SD $63,063 Elk Point, SD $63,113 Elkton, SD $63,063 Fairview, SD $63,134 Flandreau, SD $63,063 Freeman, SD $63,063 Garretson, SD $63,840

Gayville, SD $62,858 Harrisburg, SD $64,123 Hartford, SD $63,770 Hudson, SD $63,007 Humboldt, SD $63,346 Hurley, SD $63,063 Irene, SD $63,063 Jefferson, SD $63,452

Lennox, SD $63,629 Lesterville, SD $63,063 Lyons, SD $63,911 Madison, SD $63,063 Marion, SD $63,063 Menno, SD $63,063 Mission Hill, SD $62,957 Monroe, SD $63,063

Belle Fourche, SD $61,806 Black Hawk, SD $62,866 Box Elder, SD $62,866 Buffalo, SD $61,806 Buffalo Gap, SD $61,806 Camp Crook, SD $61,806 Caputa, SD $62,795 Custer, SD $61,806

Deadwood, SD $61,806 Edgemont, SD $61,806 Enning, SD $61,806 Fairburn, SD $61,806 Fort Meade, SD $61,806 Hermosa, SD $62,371 Hill City, SD $62,018 Hot Springs, SD $61,806

Howes, SD $61,806 Interior, SD $61,806 Keystone, SD $62,300 Kyle, SD $61,806 Lead, SD $61,806 Ludlow, SD $61,806 Manderson, SD $61,806 Mud Butte, SD $61,806

Nemo, SD $62,300 Newell, SD $61,806 New Underwood, SD $62,371 Nisland, SD $61,806 Oelrichs, SD $61,806 Oglala, SD $61,806 Oral, SD $61,806 Owanka, SD $61,806

Piedmont, SD $62,512 Pine Ridge, SD $61,806 Porcupine, SD $61,806 Pringle, SD $61,806 Quinn, SD $61,806 Redig, SD $61,806 Saint Onge, SD $61,806 Scenic, SD $61,806

Smithwick, SD $61,806 Spearfish, SD $61,806 Sturgis, SD $61,806 Union Center, SD $61,806 Vale, SD $61,806 Wall, SD $61,806 Wasta, SD $61,806 White Owl, SD $61,806

Whitewood, SD $61,806 Wounded Knee, SD $61,806 Leola, SD $63,826 Long Lake, SD $63,826 Mansfield, SD $58,457 Mellette, SD $58,457 Northville, SD $58,457 Onaka, SD $58,457

Orient, SD $58,457 Pierpont, SD $66,949 Redfield, SD $58,457 Rockham, SD $58,457 Roscoe, SD $58,457 Selby, SD $58,457 Seneca, SD $58,457 Stratford, SD $58,457

Tolstoy, SD $58,457 Tulare, SD $58,457 Turton, SD $58,457 Warner, SD $58,457 Westport, SD $62,703 Pierre, SD $59,517 Agar, SD $58,457 Belvidere, SD $58,457

Blunt, SD $59,446 Burke, SD $58,457 Colome, SD $58,457 Dallas, SD $58,457 Draper, SD $58,457 Fort Pierre, SD $59,446 Gregory, SD $58,457 Hamill, SD $58,457

Harrold, SD $58,599 Hayes, SD $58,457 Herrick, SD $58,457 Holabird, SD $58,457 Ideal, SD $58,457 Kadoka, SD $60,132 Kennebec, SD $58,457 Long Valley, SD $60,132

Lower Brule, SD $58,457 Martin, SD $61,806 Midland, SD $58,457 Milesville, SD $60,132 Mission, SD $58,457 Murdo, SD $58,457 Norris, SD $58,457 Okaton, SD $58,457

Okreek, SD $58,457 Onida, SD $58,881 Parmelee, SD $58,457 Philip, SD $60,132 Presho, SD $58,457 Reliance, SD $58,457 Rosebud, SD $58,457 Saint Charles, SD $58,457

Saint Francis, SD $58,457 Tuthill, SD $60,132 Vivian, SD $58,457 Wanblee, SD $61,806 White River, SD $58,457 Winner, SD $58,457 Witten, SD $58,457 Wood, SD $58,457

Mobridge, SD $58,457 Bison, SD $61,806 Bullhead, SD $69,195 Cherry Creek, SD $58,457 Dupree, SD $58,457 Eagle Butte, SD $58,457 Faith, SD $61,806 Glencross, SD $58,457

Glenham, SD $58,457 Herreid, SD $69,195 Isabel, SD $58,457 Keldron, SD $69,195 Lantry, SD $58,457 Lemmon, SD $69,195 Little Eagle, SD $69,195 Lodgepole, SD $65,501

Mc Intosh, SD $69,195 Mc Laughlin, SD $69,195 Meadow, SD $65,501 Morristown, SD $69,195 Mound City, SD $63,826 Pollock, SD $69,195 Prairie City, SD $61,806 Ralph, SD $61,806

Reva, SD $61,806 Ridgeview, SD $58,457 Timber Lake, SD $58,457 Trail City, SD $58,457 Wakpala, SD $63,826 Walker, SD $69,195 Watauga, SD $69,195 Whitehorse, SD $58,457

Rapid City, SD $62,866 Ellsworth Afb, SD $62,866 Allen, SD $61,806 Batesland, SD $61,806 Montrose, SD $63,063 North Sioux City, SD $63,494 Nunda, SD $63,063 Oldham, SD $63,063

Olivet, SD $63,063 Parker, SD $63,063 Ramona, SD $63,063 Renner, SD $64,123 Rowena, SD $64,123 Rutland, SD $63,063 Salem, SD $63,063 Scotland, SD $63,063

Sinai, SD $63,063 Springfield, SD $62,957 Tabor, SD $62,957 Tea, SD $64,052 Trent, SD $63,063 Tyndall, SD $63,063 Utica, SD $63,063 Valley Springs, SD $64,052

Vermillion, SD $62,858 Viborg, SD $63,063 Volga, SD $63,063 Volin, SD $63,063 Wakonda, SD $63,063 Wentworth, SD $63,063 Winfred, SD $63,063 Worthing, SD $63,699

Yankton, SD $62,957 Sioux Falls, SD $64,123 Vienna, SD $63,063 Wallace, SD $63,063 Waubay, SD $66,949 Webster, SD $66,949 White, SD $63,063 Willow Lake, SD $63,063

Wilmot, SD $66,949 Mitchell, SD $63,063 Alexandria, SD $63,063 Alpena, SD $60,760 Armour, SD $63,063 Artesian, SD $63,063 Avon, SD $63,063 Bonesteel, SD $60,760

Bridgewater, SD $63,063 Canova, SD $63,063 Carpenter, SD $63,063 Carthage, SD $63,063 Cavour, SD $63,063 Chamberlain, SD $58,457 Corsica, SD $63,063 Dante, SD $63,063

Delmont, SD $63,063 Dimock, SD $63,063 Emery, SD $63,063 Ethan, SD $63,063 Fairfax, SD $60,760 Fedora, SD $63,063 Fort Thompson, SD $58,457 Fulton, SD $63,063

Gann Valley, SD $58,457 Geddes, SD $60,760 Harrison, SD $63,063 Highmore, SD $58,457 Stephan, SD $58,457 Hitchcock, SD $58,457 Howard, SD $63,063 Huron, SD $60,760

Iroquois, SD $63,063 Kaylor, SD $63,063 Kimball, SD $58,457 Lake Andes, SD $63,063 Lane, SD $60,760 Letcher, SD $63,063 Marty, SD $63,063 Miller, SD $58,457

Mount Vernon, SD $63,063 New Holland, SD $60,760 Oacoma, SD $58,457 Parkston, SD $63,063 Pickstown, SD $63,063 Plankinton, SD $60,760 Platte, SD $60,760 Pukwana, SD $58,457

Ree Heights, SD $58,457 Saint Lawrence, SD $58,457 Spencer, SD $63,063 Stickney, SD $63,063 Tripp, SD $63,063 Virgil, SD $58,457 Wagner, SD $63,063 Wessington, SD $58,457

Wessington Springs, SD $58,457 White Lake, SD $58,457 Wolsey, SD $58,457 Woonsocket, SD $63,063 Yale, SD $63,063 Aberdeen, SD $58,457 Akaska, SD $58,457 Amherst, SD $66,949

Andover, SD $66,949 Ashton, SD $58,457 Barnard, SD $62,703 Bath, SD $62,703 Bowdle, SD $58,457 Brentford, SD $58,457 Britton, SD $66,949 Claremont, SD $66,949

Columbia, SD $62,703 Conde, SD $58,457 Cresbard, SD $58,457 Doland, SD $60,760 Eureka, SD $63,826 Faulkton, SD $58,457 Ferney, SD $62,703 Frankfort, SD $58,457

Frederick, SD $66,949 Gettysburg, SD $58,457 Groton, SD $62,703 Hecla, SD $66,949 Hosmer, SD $58,457 Houghton, SD $66,949 Hoven, SD $58,457 Ipswich, SD $58,457

Java, SD $58,457 Langford, SD $66,949 Lebanon, SD $58,457 Watertown, SD $63,063 Arlington, SD $63,063 Astoria, SD $63,063 Badger, SD $63,063 Big Stone City, SD $66,355

Bradley, SD $63,063 Brandt, SD $63,063 Bristol, SD $66,949 Bruce, SD $63,063 Bryant, SD $63,063 Castlewood, SD $63,063 Claire City, SD $66,949 Clark, SD $63,063

Clear Lake, SD $63,063 Corona, SD $66,949 De Smet, SD $63,063 Eden, SD $66,949 Erwin, SD $63,063 Estelline, SD $63,063 Florence, SD $63,063 Garden City, SD $63,063

Gary, SD $63,063 Goodwin, SD $63,063 Grenville, SD $66,949 Hayti, SD $63,063 Hazel, SD $63,063 Henry, SD $63,063 Kranzburg, SD $63,063 Labolt, SD $63,063

Lake City, SD $66,949 Lake Norden, SD $63,063 Lake Preston, SD $63,063 Marvin, SD $65,006 Milbank, SD $66,355 New Effington, SD $66,949 Ortley, SD $66,949 Peever, SD $66,949

Raymond, SD $60,760 Revillo, SD $63,063 Rosholt, SD $66,949 Roslyn, SD $66,949 Sisseton, SD $66,949 South Shore, SD $63,063 Stockholm, SD $63,063 Strandburg, SD $63,063

Summit, SD $65,006 Toronto, SD $63,063 Twin Brooks, SD $65,006 Veblen, SD $66,949

Software Quality Assurance Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Quality Assurance's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on March 01, 2026

$59,210

Average $64,201/year

$68,505

$4,934

Average $5,350/month

$5,709

$1,139

Average $1,235/week

$1,317

$28

Average $31/hour

$33

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,505	$5,709	$1,317	$33
Average	$64,201	$5,350	$1,235	$31
25th Percentile	$59,210	$4,934	$1,139	$28

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