Technical Applications Scientist Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Technical Applications Scientist make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Technical Applications Scientist in South Dakota is $99,308 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $48.

However, a Technical Applications Scientist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $116,455
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $89,781 to $108,284
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $81,107

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Technical Applications Scientist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$108,284	$9,024	$2,082	$52
Average	$99,308	$8,276	$1,910	$48
25th Percentile	$89,781	$7,482	$1,727	$43

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Key Factors That Influence Technical Applications Scientist Salaries

A Technical Applications Scientist'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 Technical Applications Scientist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Technical Applications Scientist'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): $70,624
Early Career (1-2 years): $91,066
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $99,970
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $126,854
Expert (over 8 years): $143,493

Levels	Salary
Technical... Level Technical Applications Scientist	$70,624
Technical... Level Technical Applications Scientist	$91,066
Technical... Level Technical Applications Scientist	$99,970
Technical... Level Technical Applications Scientist	$126,854
Technical... Level Technical Applications Scientist	$143,493

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How Do Technical Applications Scientist 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 Technical Applications Scientists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $120,988.
California: $120,529.
Massachusetts: $118,923.

District of Columbia $120,988 California $120,529 Massachusetts $118,923 Washington $118,486 New Jersey $118,442 Alaska $118,289 Connecticut $116,781 New York $116,169

Hawaii $114,213 Rhode Island $113,295 Maryland $112,672 Minnesota $111,820 Colorado $111,492 Illinois $111,383 Oregon $110,968 Delaware $110,662

New Hampshire $110,469 Virginia $110,039 Pennsylvania $108,782 Nevada $108,148 North Dakota $107,941 Michigan $107,613 Wisconsin $107,493 Vermont $107,252

Texas $106,586 Maine $106,542 Arizona $106,477 Ohio $106,400 Georgia $105,395 Indiana $104,892 Wyoming $104,794 Utah $104,641

Iowa $104,575 Kansas $104,051 Louisiana $103,898 North Carolina $103,843 Missouri $103,821 Florida $103,395 Montana $103,166 Nebraska $102,947

Kentucky $102,827 South Carolina $102,390 Tennessee $102,117 Idaho $102,007 New Mexico $101,210 Oklahoma $101,035 Alabama $100,390 South Dakota $99,308

Arkansas $98,718 West Virginia $98,401 Mississippi $97,451

Top Paying Cities for Technical Applications Scientists

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: $100,343
Aurora: $100,876
Baltic: $99,791

Alcester, SD $100,343 Aurora, SD $100,876 Baltic, SD $99,791 Beresford, SD $100,086 Brandon, SD $99,587 Brookings, SD $101,062 Burbank, SD $99,986 Canistota, SD $100,134

Canton, SD $99,850 Centerville, SD $100,093 Chancellor, SD $99,838 Chester, SD $100,085 Colman, SD $100,412 Colton, SD $99,994 Crooks, SD $99,737 Davis, SD $99,970

Dell Rapids, SD $99,975 Egan, SD $100,243 Elk Point, SD $99,670 Elkton, SD $100,939 Fairview, SD $99,997 Flandreau, SD $100,568 Freeman, SD $100,459 Garretson, SD $99,810

Gayville, SD $100,627 Harrisburg, SD $99,650 Hartford, SD $99,803 Hudson, SD $100,076 Humboldt, SD $99,945 Hurley, SD $100,096 Irene, SD $100,377 Jefferson, SD $99,297

Lennox, SD $99,839 Lesterville, SD $100,553 Lyons, SD $99,829 Madison, SD $100,610 Marion, SD $100,164 Menno, SD $100,500 Mission Hill, SD $100,576 Monroe, SD $100,056

Belle Fourche, SD $100,442 Black Hawk, SD $97,370 Box Elder, SD $97,495 Buffalo, SD $100,260 Buffalo Gap, SD $99,471 Camp Crook, SD $100,356 Caputa, SD $97,966 Custer, SD $99,258

Deadwood, SD $98,646 Edgemont, SD $100,210 Enning, SD $99,427 Fairburn, SD $98,340 Fort Meade, SD $98,330 Hermosa, SD $97,947 Hill City, SD $98,610 Hot Springs, SD $100,133

Howes, SD $99,648 Interior, SD $99,808 Keystone, SD $97,849 Kyle, SD $100,021 Lead, SD $99,550 Ludlow, SD $100,654 Manderson, SD $100,182 Mud Butte, SD $99,709

Nemo, SD $97,987 Newell, SD $99,903 New Underwood, SD $97,971 Nisland, SD $100,123 Oelrichs, SD $99,927 Oglala, SD $100,100 Oral, SD $99,835 Owanka, SD $98,453

Piedmont, SD $97,442 Pine Ridge, SD $100,287 Porcupine, SD $99,986 Pringle, SD $99,566 Quinn, SD $99,663 Redig, SD $99,545 Saint Onge, SD $99,828 Scenic, SD $99,120

Smithwick, SD $99,961 Spearfish, SD $100,279 Sturgis, SD $98,018 Union Center, SD $99,494 Vale, SD $99,180 Wall, SD $99,519 Wasta, SD $99,015 White Owl, SD $99,694

Whitewood, SD $99,408 Wounded Knee, SD $100,188 Leola, SD $100,781 Long Lake, SD $100,935 Mansfield, SD $100,722 Mellette, SD $100,816 Northville, SD $100,708 Onaka, SD $100,317

Orient, SD $100,469 Pierpont, SD $100,810 Redfield, SD $100,972 Rockham, SD $100,588 Roscoe, SD $100,410 Selby, SD $100,236 Seneca, SD $100,253 Stratford, SD $100,822

Tolstoy, SD $100,260 Tulare, SD $100,833 Turton, SD $100,838 Warner, SD $100,939 Westport, SD $100,800 Pierre, SD $92,063 Agar, SD $94,459 Belvidere, SD $99,661

Blunt, SD $92,063 Burke, SD $100,441 Colome, SD $100,319 Dallas, SD $100,288 Draper, SD $97,193 Fort Pierre, SD $92,333 Gregory, SD $100,395 Hamill, SD $100,146

Harrold, SD $92,601 Hayes, SD $98,635 Herrick, SD $100,385 Holabird, SD $94,689 Ideal, SD $100,120 Kadoka, SD $99,776 Kennebec, SD $98,658 Long Valley, SD $99,772

Lower Brule, SD $98,528 Martin, SD $100,012 Midland, SD $99,448 Milesville, SD $99,513 Mission, SD $100,226 Murdo, SD $98,833 Norris, SD $99,927 Okaton, SD $99,674

Okreek, SD $100,169 Onida, SD $92,967 Parmelee, SD $100,106 Philip, SD $99,658 Presho, SD $97,920 Reliance, SD $100,203 Rosebud, SD $100,335 Saint Charles, SD $100,494

Saint Francis, SD $100,143 Tuthill, SD $99,892 Vivian, SD $97,495 Wanblee, SD $99,958 White River, SD $99,914 Winner, SD $100,226 Witten, SD $100,047 Wood, SD $99,902

Mobridge, SD $100,257 Bison, SD $100,006 Bullhead, SD $100,772 Cherry Creek, SD $99,747 Dupree, SD $99,769 Eagle Butte, SD $99,873 Faith, SD $99,739 Glencross, SD $99,824

Glenham, SD $100,293 Herreid, SD $100,676 Isabel, SD $99,804 Keldron, SD $100,286 Lantry, SD $99,920 Lemmon, SD $100,661 Little Eagle, SD $100,757 Lodgepole, SD $100,390

Mc Intosh, SD $100,437 Mc Laughlin, SD $100,348 Meadow, SD $99,777 Morristown, SD $100,540 Mound City, SD $100,496 Pollock, SD $100,874 Prairie City, SD $100,137 Ralph, SD $100,463

Reva, SD $100,142 Ridgeview, SD $99,922 Timber Lake, SD $99,973 Trail City, SD $99,941 Wakpala, SD $100,351 Walker, SD $100,510 Watauga, SD $100,283 Whitehorse, SD $100,028

Rapid City, SD $97,352 Ellsworth Afb, SD $97,352 Allen, SD $100,011 Batesland, SD $100,052 Montrose, SD $100,135 North Sioux City, SD $99,141 Nunda, SD $100,560 Oldham, SD $100,782

Olivet, SD $100,546 Parker, SD $100,001 Ramona, SD $100,604 Renner, SD $99,674 Rowena, SD $99,607 Rutland, SD $100,472 Salem, SD $100,479 Scotland, SD $100,704

Sinai, SD $101,101 Springfield, SD $100,824 Tabor, SD $100,757 Tea, SD $99,729 Trent, SD $100,108 Tyndall, SD $100,729 Utica, SD $100,554 Valley Springs, SD $99,667

Vermillion, SD $100,577 Viborg, SD $100,351 Volga, SD $100,865 Volin, SD $100,462 Wakonda, SD $100,359 Wentworth, SD $100,436 Winfred, SD $100,485 Worthing, SD $99,824

Yankton, SD $100,962 Sioux Falls, SD $99,581 Vienna, SD $101,047 Wallace, SD $100,986 Waubay, SD $100,939 Webster, SD $100,963 White, SD $101,119 Willow Lake, SD $101,160

Wilmot, SD $101,037 Mitchell, SD $101,053 Alexandria, SD $100,682 Alpena, SD $100,852 Armour, SD $100,645 Artesian, SD $100,837 Avon, SD $100,672 Bonesteel, SD $100,476

Bridgewater, SD $100,412 Canova, SD $100,547 Carpenter, SD $101,086 Carthage, SD $100,860 Cavour, SD $100,993 Chamberlain, SD $100,538 Corsica, SD $100,663 Dante, SD $100,613

Delmont, SD $100,617 Dimock, SD $100,729 Emery, SD $100,578 Ethan, SD $100,782 Fairfax, SD $100,494 Fedora, SD $100,750 Fort Thompson, SD $99,357 Fulton, SD $100,763

Gann Valley, SD $100,330 Geddes, SD $100,518 Harrison, SD $100,593 Highmore, SD $98,658 Stephan, SD $99,095 Hitchcock, SD $100,912 Howard, SD $100,800 Huron, SD $101,257

Iroquois, SD $101,016 Kaylor, SD $100,838 Kimball, SD $100,533 Lake Andes, SD $100,680 Lane, SD $101,063 Letcher, SD $100,791 Marty, SD $101,002 Miller, SD $100,627

Mount Vernon, SD $100,725 New Holland, SD $100,875 Oacoma, SD $100,448 Parkston, SD $100,769 Pickstown, SD $100,834 Plankinton, SD $100,709 Platte, SD $100,538 Pukwana, SD $100,467

Ree Heights, SD $99,965 Saint Lawrence, SD $100,632 Spencer, SD $100,534 Stickney, SD $100,644 Tripp, SD $100,672 Virgil, SD $100,767 Wagner, SD $100,692 Wessington, SD $100,692

Wessington Springs, SD $100,676 White Lake, SD $100,577 Wolsey, SD $100,890 Woonsocket, SD $100,845 Yale, SD $101,075 Aberdeen, SD $101,085 Akaska, SD $100,182 Amherst, SD $100,930

Andover, SD $100,785 Ashton, SD $100,766 Barnard, SD $100,905 Bath, SD $100,873 Bowdle, SD $100,371 Brentford, SD $100,948 Britton, SD $101,214 Claremont, SD $100,845

Columbia, SD $100,723 Conde, SD $100,831 Cresbard, SD $100,582 Doland, SD $101,047 Eureka, SD $100,727 Faulkton, SD $100,574 Ferney, SD $101,199 Frankfort, SD $101,040

Frederick, SD $100,931 Gettysburg, SD $99,629 Groton, SD $100,884 Hecla, SD $101,075 Hosmer, SD $100,566 Houghton, SD $100,648 Hoven, SD $100,291 Ipswich, SD $100,670

Java, SD $100,228 Langford, SD $100,794 Lebanon, SD $99,797 Watertown, SD $101,257 Arlington, SD $100,988 Astoria, SD $101,148 Badger, SD $101,165 Big Stone City, SD $101,311

Bradley, SD $100,954 Brandt, SD $101,081 Bristol, SD $100,873 Bruce, SD $100,970 Bryant, SD $101,116 Castlewood, SD $101,053 Claire City, SD $101,206 Clark, SD $101,128

Clear Lake, SD $101,089 Corona, SD $101,208 De Smet, SD $101,075 Eden, SD $100,896 Erwin, SD $101,012 Estelline, SD $101,037 Florence, SD $101,004 Garden City, SD $101,022

Gary, SD $101,154 Goodwin, SD $100,962 Grenville, SD $100,870 Hayti, SD $101,092 Hazel, SD $101,046 Henry, SD $101,048 Kranzburg, SD $101,424 Labolt, SD $100,971

Lake City, SD $101,064 Lake Norden, SD $101,140 Lake Preston, SD $101,042 Marvin, SD $100,863 Milbank, SD $101,295 New Effington, SD $101,422 Ortley, SD $100,885 Peever, SD $101,021

Raymond, SD $101,071 Revillo, SD $101,033 Rosholt, SD $101,398 Roslyn, SD $100,850 Sisseton, SD $101,082 South Shore, SD $100,894 Stockholm, SD $100,895 Strandburg, SD $100,884

Summit, SD $100,890 Toronto, SD $101,041 Twin Brooks, SD $100,857 Veblen, SD $101,257

Technical Applications Scientist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Technical Applications Scientist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 42% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Pharmaceuticals and Internet sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Technical Applications Scientist positions in Hospitality & Leisure or Transportation typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Technical Applications Scientist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Technical Applications Scientist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Pharmaceuticals	$119,170	$57.0	20%
Internet	$117,184	$56.0	18%
Biotechnology	$114,204	$55.0	15%
Energy & Utilities	$111,225	$53.0	12%
Financial Services	$109,239	$53.0	10%

Technical Applications Scientist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Technical Applications Scientist'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 July 01, 2026

$89,781

Average $99,308/year

$108,284

$7,482

Average $8,276/month

$9,024

$1,727

Average $1,910/week

$2,082

$43

Average $48/hour

$52

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$108,284	$9,024	$2,082	$52
Average	$99,308	$8,276	$1,910	$48
25th Percentile	$89,781	$7,482	$1,727	$43

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