Software Test Technician Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Software Test Technician make in South Dakota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Test Technician in South Dakota is $49,352 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $62,388
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $42,778 to $56,176
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $36,792

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Software Test Technician Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,176	$4,681	$1,080	$27
Average	$49,352	$4,113	$949	$24
25th Percentile	$42,778	$3,565	$823	$21

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Key Factors That Influence Software Test Technician Salaries

A Software Test Technician'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 Test Technician Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Test Technician'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): $43,912
Early Career (1-2 years): $49,809
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $59,427
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $66,794
Expert (over 8 years): $110,806

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Test Technician	$43,912
Software ... Level Software Test Technician	$49,809
Software ... Level Software Test Technician	$59,427
Software ... Level Software Test Technician	$66,794
Software ... Level Software Test Technician	$110,806

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How Do Software Test Technician 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 Test Technicians. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $60,126.
California: $59,898.
Massachusetts: $59,100.

District of Columbia $60,126 California $59,898 Massachusetts $59,100 Washington $58,882 New Jersey $58,861 Alaska $58,785 Connecticut $58,035 New York $57,731

Hawaii $56,759 Rhode Island $56,303 Maryland $55,993 Minnesota $55,570 Colorado $55,407 Illinois $55,353 Oregon $55,146 Delaware $54,994

New Hampshire $54,899 Virginia $54,685 Pennsylvania $54,060 Nevada $53,745 North Dakota $53,642 Michigan $53,479 Wisconsin $53,419 Vermont $53,300

Texas $52,969 Maine $52,947 Arizona $52,914 Ohio $52,876 Georgia $52,377 Indiana $52,127 Wyoming $52,078 Utah $52,002

Iowa $51,970 Kansas $51,709 Louisiana $51,633 North Carolina $51,606 Missouri $51,595 Florida $51,383 Montana $51,269 Nebraska $51,160

Kentucky $51,101 South Carolina $50,883 Tennessee $50,748 Idaho $50,693 New Mexico $50,297 Oklahoma $50,210 Alabama $49,890 South Dakota $49,352

Arkansas $49,059 West Virginia $48,901 Mississippi $48,429

Top Paying Cities for Software Test Technicians

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: $49,866
Aurora: $50,131
Baltic: $49,592

Alcester, SD $49,866 Aurora, SD $50,131 Baltic, SD $49,592 Beresford, SD $49,739 Brandon, SD $49,490 Brookings, SD $50,224 Burbank, SD $49,689 Canistota, SD $49,763

Canton, SD $49,621 Centerville, SD $49,742 Chancellor, SD $49,615 Chester, SD $49,738 Colman, SD $49,900 Colton, SD $49,693 Crooks, SD $49,565 Davis, SD $49,681

Dell Rapids, SD $49,683 Egan, SD $49,816 Elk Point, SD $49,532 Elkton, SD $50,162 Fairview, SD $49,694 Flandreau, SD $49,978 Freeman, SD $49,924 Garretson, SD $49,601

Gayville, SD $50,007 Harrisburg, SD $49,522 Hartford, SD $49,598 Hudson, SD $49,734 Humboldt, SD $49,669 Hurley, SD $49,744 Irene, SD $49,883 Jefferson, SD $49,347

Lennox, SD $49,616 Lesterville, SD $49,971 Lyons, SD $49,611 Madison, SD $49,999 Marion, SD $49,777 Menno, SD $49,944 Mission Hill, SD $49,982 Monroe, SD $49,723

Belle Fourche, SD $49,916 Black Hawk, SD $48,389 Box Elder, SD $48,451 Buffalo, SD $49,825 Buffalo Gap, SD $49,433 Camp Crook, SD $49,873 Caputa, SD $48,685 Custer, SD $49,327

Deadwood, SD $49,023 Edgemont, SD $49,800 Enning, SD $49,411 Fairburn, SD $48,871 Fort Meade, SD $48,866 Hermosa, SD $48,675 Hill City, SD $49,005 Hot Springs, SD $49,762

Howes, SD $49,521 Interior, SD $49,600 Keystone, SD $48,627 Kyle, SD $49,706 Lead, SD $49,472 Ludlow, SD $50,021 Manderson, SD $49,786 Mud Butte, SD $49,551

Nemo, SD $48,695 Newell, SD $49,647 New Underwood, SD $48,687 Nisland, SD $49,757 Oelrichs, SD $49,659 Oglala, SD $49,746 Oral, SD $49,614 Owanka, SD $48,927

Piedmont, SD $48,424 Pine Ridge, SD $49,839 Porcupine, SD $49,689 Pringle, SD $49,480 Quinn, SD $49,529 Redig, SD $49,470 Saint Onge, SD $49,611 Scenic, SD $49,259

Smithwick, SD $49,676 Spearfish, SD $49,834 Sturgis, SD $48,711 Union Center, SD $49,444 Vale, SD $49,288 Wall, SD $49,457 Wasta, SD $49,206 White Owl, SD $49,544

Whitewood, SD $49,401 Wounded Knee, SD $49,789 Leola, SD $50,084 Long Lake, SD $50,161 Mansfield, SD $50,055 Mellette, SD $50,101 Northville, SD $50,048 Onaka, SD $49,853

Orient, SD $49,929 Pierpont, SD $50,098 Redfield, SD $50,179 Rockham, SD $49,988 Roscoe, SD $49,899 Selby, SD $49,813 Seneca, SD $49,822 Stratford, SD $50,104

Tolstoy, SD $49,825 Tulare, SD $50,110 Turton, SD $50,112 Warner, SD $50,162 Westport, SD $50,093 Pierre, SD $45,752 Agar, SD $46,942 Belvidere, SD $49,527

Blunt, SD $45,752 Burke, SD $49,915 Colome, SD $49,854 Dallas, SD $49,839 Draper, SD $48,301 Fort Pierre, SD $45,886 Gregory, SD $49,892 Hamill, SD $49,769

Harrold, SD $46,019 Hayes, SD $49,018 Herrick, SD $49,887 Holabird, SD $47,057 Ideal, SD $49,756 Kadoka, SD $49,584 Kennebec, SD $49,029 Long Valley, SD $49,582

Lower Brule, SD $48,964 Martin, SD $49,702 Midland, SD $49,422 Milesville, SD $49,454 Mission, SD $49,808 Murdo, SD $49,116 Norris, SD $49,659 Okaton, SD $49,534

Okreek, SD $49,780 Onida, SD $46,201 Parmelee, SD $49,748 Philip, SD $49,526 Presho, SD $48,662 Reliance, SD $49,797 Rosebud, SD $49,862 Saint Charles, SD $49,941

Saint Francis, SD $49,767 Tuthill, SD $49,642 Vivian, SD $48,451 Wanblee, SD $49,675 White River, SD $49,653 Winner, SD $49,808 Witten, SD $49,719 Wood, SD $49,647

Mobridge, SD $49,823 Bison, SD $49,699 Bullhead, SD $50,080 Cherry Creek, SD $49,570 Dupree, SD $49,581 Eagle Butte, SD $49,633 Faith, SD $49,566 Glencross, SD $49,608

Glenham, SD $49,841 Herreid, SD $50,032 Isabel, SD $49,599 Keldron, SD $49,838 Lantry, SD $49,656 Lemmon, SD $50,024 Little Eagle, SD $50,072 Lodgepole, SD $49,890

Mc Intosh, SD $49,913 Mc Laughlin, SD $49,869 Meadow, SD $49,585 Morristown, SD $49,964 Mound City, SD $49,942 Pollock, SD $50,130 Prairie City, SD $49,764 Ralph, SD $49,926

Reva, SD $49,766 Ridgeview, SD $49,657 Timber Lake, SD $49,682 Trail City, SD $49,666 Wakpala, SD $49,870 Walker, SD $49,949 Watauga, SD $49,836 Whitehorse, SD $49,710

Rapid City, SD $48,380 Ellsworth Afb, SD $48,380 Allen, SD $49,701 Batesland, SD $49,722 Montrose, SD $49,763 North Sioux City, SD $49,269 Nunda, SD $49,974 Oldham, SD $50,085

Olivet, SD $49,967 Parker, SD $49,696 Ramona, SD $49,996 Renner, SD $49,534 Rowena, SD $49,500 Rutland, SD $49,930 Salem, SD $49,934 Scotland, SD $50,045

Sinai, SD $50,243 Springfield, SD $50,105 Tabor, SD $50,072 Tea, SD $49,561 Trent, SD $49,750 Tyndall, SD $50,058 Utica, SD $49,971 Valley Springs, SD $49,530

Vermillion, SD $49,982 Viborg, SD $49,870 Volga, SD $50,126 Volin, SD $49,925 Wakonda, SD $49,874 Wentworth, SD $49,912 Winfred, SD $49,937 Worthing, SD $49,608

Yankton, SD $50,174 Sioux Falls, SD $49,488 Vienna, SD $50,216 Wallace, SD $50,186 Waubay, SD $50,162 Webster, SD $50,174 White, SD $50,252 Willow Lake, SD $50,272

Wilmot, SD $50,211 Mitchell, SD $50,219 Alexandria, SD $50,035 Alpena, SD $50,119 Armour, SD $50,016 Artesian, SD $50,112 Avon, SD $50,030 Bonesteel, SD $49,933

Bridgewater, SD $49,900 Canova, SD $49,968 Carpenter, SD $50,236 Carthage, SD $50,123 Cavour, SD $50,189 Chamberlain, SD $49,963 Corsica, SD $50,025 Dante, SD $50,000

Delmont, SD $50,003 Dimock, SD $50,058 Emery, SD $49,983 Ethan, SD $50,085 Fairfax, SD $49,941 Fedora, SD $50,068 Fort Thompson, SD $49,376 Fulton, SD $50,075

Gann Valley, SD $49,860 Geddes, SD $49,953 Harrison, SD $49,991 Highmore, SD $49,029 Stephan, SD $49,246 Hitchcock, SD $50,149 Howard, SD $50,093 Huron, SD $50,320

Iroquois, SD $50,201 Kaylor, SD $50,112 Kimball, SD $49,961 Lake Andes, SD $50,034 Lane, SD $50,224 Letcher, SD $50,089 Marty, SD $50,194 Miller, SD $50,007

Mount Vernon, SD $50,056 New Holland, SD $50,131 Oacoma, SD $49,918 Parkston, SD $50,078 Pickstown, SD $50,110 Plankinton, SD $50,048 Platte, SD $49,963 Pukwana, SD $49,928

Ree Heights, SD $49,678 Saint Lawrence, SD $50,010 Spencer, SD $49,961 Stickney, SD $50,016 Tripp, SD $50,030 Virgil, SD $50,077 Wagner, SD $50,040 Wessington, SD $50,040

Wessington Springs, SD $50,032 White Lake, SD $49,982 Wolsey, SD $50,138 Woonsocket, SD $50,116 Yale, SD $50,230 Aberdeen, SD $50,235 Akaska, SD $49,786 Amherst, SD $50,158

Andover, SD $50,086 Ashton, SD $50,076 Barnard, SD $50,145 Bath, SD $50,130 Bowdle, SD $49,880 Brentford, SD $50,167 Britton, SD $50,299 Claremont, SD $50,116

Columbia, SD $50,055 Conde, SD $50,109 Cresbard, SD $49,985 Doland, SD $50,216 Eureka, SD $50,057 Faulkton, SD $49,981 Ferney, SD $50,291 Frankfort, SD $50,213

Frederick, SD $50,158 Gettysburg, SD $49,512 Groton, SD $50,135 Hecla, SD $50,230 Hosmer, SD $49,977 Houghton, SD $50,018 Hoven, SD $49,840 Ipswich, SD $50,029

Java, SD $49,809 Langford, SD $50,091 Lebanon, SD $49,595 Watertown, SD $50,320 Arlington, SD $50,187 Astoria, SD $50,267 Badger, SD $50,275 Big Stone City, SD $50,347

Bradley, SD $50,170 Brandt, SD $50,233 Bristol, SD $50,130 Bruce, SD $50,178 Bryant, SD $50,250 Castlewood, SD $50,219 Claire City, SD $50,295 Clark, SD $50,256

Clear Lake, SD $50,237 Corona, SD $50,296 De Smet, SD $50,230 Eden, SD $50,141 Erwin, SD $50,199 Estelline, SD $50,211 Florence, SD $50,195 Garden City, SD $50,204

Gary, SD $50,269 Goodwin, SD $50,174 Grenville, SD $50,128 Hayti, SD $50,238 Hazel, SD $50,215 Henry, SD $50,217 Kranzburg, SD $50,403 Labolt, SD $50,179

Lake City, SD $50,225 Lake Norden, SD $50,262 Lake Preston, SD $50,214 Marvin, SD $50,125 Milbank, SD $50,339 New Effington, SD $50,402 Ortley, SD $50,136 Peever, SD $50,203

Raymond, SD $50,228 Revillo, SD $50,209 Rosholt, SD $50,390 Roslyn, SD $50,118 Sisseton, SD $50,233 South Shore, SD $50,140 Stockholm, SD $50,141 Strandburg, SD $50,135

Summit, SD $50,138 Toronto, SD $50,213 Twin Brooks, SD $50,122 Veblen, SD $50,320

Software Test Technician Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Test Technician'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 May 01, 2026

$42,778

Average $49,352/year

$56,176

$3,565

Average $4,113/month

$4,681

$823

Average $949/week

$1,080

$21

Average $24/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,176	$4,681	$1,080	$27
Average	$49,352	$4,113	$949	$24
25th Percentile	$42,778	$3,565	$823	$21

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