Communications Associate Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Communications Associate make in South Dakota?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Communications Associate in South Dakota is $83,679 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $40.

However, a Communications Associate's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $102,469
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $74,072 to $93,515
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $65,326

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Communications Associate Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$93,515	$7,793	$1,798	$45
Average	$83,679	$6,973	$1,609	$40
25th Percentile	$74,072	$6,173	$1,424	$36

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Key Factors That Influence Communications Associate Salaries

A Communications Associate'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 Communications Associate Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Communications Associate'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): $53,978
Early Career (1-2 years): $71,092
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $82,956
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $103,949
Expert (over 8 years): $135,582

Levels	Salary
Communica... Level Communications Associate	$53,978
Communica... Level Communications Associate	$71,092
Communica... Level Communications Associate	$82,956
Communica... Level Communications Associate	$103,949
Communica... Level Communications Associate	$135,582

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How Do Communications Associate 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 Communications Associates. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $101,947.
California: $101,560.
Massachusetts: $100,207.

District of Columbia $101,947 California $101,560 Massachusetts $100,207 Washington $99,838 New Jersey $99,802 Alaska $99,673 Connecticut $98,402 New York $97,886

Hawaii $96,238 Rhode Island $95,465 Maryland $94,940 Minnesota $94,222 Colorado $93,945 Illinois $93,853 Oregon $93,503 Delaware $93,246

New Hampshire $93,084 Virginia $92,721 Pennsylvania $91,662 Nevada $91,128 North Dakota $90,953 Michigan $90,677 Wisconsin $90,575 Vermont $90,373

Texas $89,811 Maine $89,774 Arizona $89,719 Ohio $89,655 Georgia $88,808 Indiana $88,384 Wyoming $88,301 Utah $88,172

Iowa $88,117 Kansas $87,675 Louisiana $87,546 North Carolina $87,500 Missouri $87,482 Florida $87,123 Montana $86,929 Nebraska $86,745

Kentucky $86,644 South Carolina $86,275 Tennessee $86,045 Idaho $85,953 New Mexico $85,281 Oklahoma $85,134 Alabama $84,590 South Dakota $83,679

Arkansas $83,182 West Virginia $82,915 Mississippi $82,114

Top Paying Cities for Communications Associates

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: $82,077
Aurora: $82,197
Baltic: $83,117

Alcester, SD $82,077 Aurora, SD $82,197 Baltic, SD $83,117 Beresford, SD $82,123 Brandon, SD $83,578 Brookings, SD $82,197 Burbank, SD $81,929 Canistota, SD $82,197

Canton, SD $82,933 Centerville, SD $82,197 Chancellor, SD $82,657 Chester, SD $82,197 Colman, SD $82,197 Colton, SD $82,565 Crooks, SD $83,578 Davis, SD $82,197

Dell Rapids, SD $82,749 Egan, SD $82,197 Elk Point, SD $82,261 Elkton, SD $82,197 Fairview, SD $82,289 Flandreau, SD $82,197 Freeman, SD $82,197 Garretson, SD $83,209

Gayville, SD $81,929 Harrisburg, SD $83,578 Hartford, SD $83,117 Hudson, SD $82,123 Humboldt, SD $82,565 Hurley, SD $82,197 Irene, SD $82,197 Jefferson, SD $82,703

Lennox, SD $82,933 Lesterville, SD $82,197 Lyons, SD $83,301 Madison, SD $82,197 Marion, SD $82,197 Menno, SD $82,197 Mission Hill, SD $82,058 Monroe, SD $82,197

Belle Fourche, SD $80,558 Black Hawk, SD $81,939 Box Elder, SD $81,939 Buffalo, SD $80,558 Buffalo Gap, SD $80,558 Camp Crook, SD $80,558 Caputa, SD $81,847 Custer, SD $80,558

Deadwood, SD $80,558 Edgemont, SD $80,558 Enning, SD $80,558 Fairburn, SD $80,558 Fort Meade, SD $80,558 Hermosa, SD $81,294 Hill City, SD $80,834 Hot Springs, SD $80,558

Howes, SD $80,558 Interior, SD $80,558 Keystone, SD $81,202 Kyle, SD $80,558 Lead, SD $80,558 Ludlow, SD $80,558 Manderson, SD $80,558 Mud Butte, SD $80,558

Nemo, SD $81,202 Newell, SD $80,558 New Underwood, SD $81,294 Nisland, SD $80,558 Oelrichs, SD $80,558 Oglala, SD $80,558 Oral, SD $80,558 Owanka, SD $80,558

Piedmont, SD $81,478 Pine Ridge, SD $80,558 Porcupine, SD $80,558 Pringle, SD $80,558 Quinn, SD $80,558 Redig, SD $80,558 Saint Onge, SD $80,558 Scenic, SD $80,558

Smithwick, SD $80,558 Spearfish, SD $80,558 Sturgis, SD $80,558 Union Center, SD $80,558 Vale, SD $80,558 Wall, SD $80,558 Wasta, SD $80,558 White Owl, SD $80,558

Whitewood, SD $80,558 Wounded Knee, SD $80,558 Leola, SD $83,191 Long Lake, SD $83,191 Mansfield, SD $76,193 Mellette, SD $76,193 Northville, SD $76,193 Onaka, SD $76,193

Orient, SD $76,193 Pierpont, SD $87,261 Redfield, SD $76,193 Rockham, SD $76,193 Roscoe, SD $76,193 Selby, SD $76,193 Seneca, SD $76,193 Stratford, SD $76,193

Tolstoy, SD $76,193 Tulare, SD $76,193 Turton, SD $76,193 Warner, SD $76,193 Westport, SD $81,727 Pierre, SD $77,574 Agar, SD $76,193 Belvidere, SD $76,193

Blunt, SD $77,482 Burke, SD $76,193 Colome, SD $76,193 Dallas, SD $76,193 Draper, SD $76,193 Fort Pierre, SD $77,482 Gregory, SD $76,193 Hamill, SD $76,193

Harrold, SD $76,377 Hayes, SD $76,193 Herrick, SD $76,193 Holabird, SD $76,193 Ideal, SD $76,193 Kadoka, SD $78,375 Kennebec, SD $76,193 Long Valley, SD $78,375

Lower Brule, SD $76,193 Martin, SD $80,558 Midland, SD $76,193 Milesville, SD $78,375 Mission, SD $76,193 Murdo, SD $76,193 Norris, SD $76,193 Okaton, SD $76,193

Okreek, SD $76,193 Onida, SD $76,746 Parmelee, SD $76,193 Philip, SD $78,375 Presho, SD $76,193 Reliance, SD $76,193 Rosebud, SD $76,193 Saint Charles, SD $76,193

Saint Francis, SD $76,193 Tuthill, SD $78,375 Vivian, SD $76,193 Wanblee, SD $80,558 White River, SD $76,193 Winner, SD $76,193 Witten, SD $76,193 Wood, SD $76,193

Mobridge, SD $76,193 Bison, SD $80,558 Bullhead, SD $90,189 Cherry Creek, SD $76,193 Dupree, SD $76,193 Eagle Butte, SD $76,193 Faith, SD $80,558 Glencross, SD $76,193

Glenham, SD $76,193 Herreid, SD $90,189 Isabel, SD $76,193 Keldron, SD $90,189 Lantry, SD $76,193 Lemmon, SD $90,189 Little Eagle, SD $90,189 Lodgepole, SD $85,373

Mc Intosh, SD $90,189 Mc Laughlin, SD $90,189 Meadow, SD $85,373 Morristown, SD $90,189 Mound City, SD $83,191 Pollock, SD $90,189 Prairie City, SD $80,558 Ralph, SD $80,558

Reva, SD $80,558 Ridgeview, SD $76,193 Timber Lake, SD $76,193 Trail City, SD $76,193 Wakpala, SD $83,191 Walker, SD $90,189 Watauga, SD $90,189 Whitehorse, SD $76,193

Rapid City, SD $81,939 Ellsworth Afb, SD $81,939 Allen, SD $80,558 Batesland, SD $80,558 Montrose, SD $82,197 North Sioux City, SD $82,758 Nunda, SD $82,197 Oldham, SD $82,197

Olivet, SD $82,197 Parker, SD $82,197 Ramona, SD $82,197 Renner, SD $83,578 Rowena, SD $83,578 Rutland, SD $82,197 Salem, SD $82,197 Scotland, SD $82,197

Sinai, SD $82,197 Springfield, SD $82,058 Tabor, SD $82,058 Tea, SD $83,486 Trent, SD $82,197 Tyndall, SD $82,197 Utica, SD $82,197 Valley Springs, SD $83,486

Vermillion, SD $81,929 Viborg, SD $82,197 Volga, SD $82,197 Volin, SD $82,197 Wakonda, SD $82,197 Wentworth, SD $82,197 Winfred, SD $82,197 Worthing, SD $83,025

Yankton, SD $82,058 Sioux Falls, SD $83,578 Vienna, SD $82,197 Wallace, SD $82,197 Waubay, SD $87,261 Webster, SD $87,261 White, SD $82,197 Willow Lake, SD $82,197

Wilmot, SD $87,261 Mitchell, SD $82,197 Alexandria, SD $82,197 Alpena, SD $79,195 Armour, SD $82,197 Artesian, SD $82,197 Avon, SD $82,197 Bonesteel, SD $79,195

Bridgewater, SD $82,197 Canova, SD $82,197 Carpenter, SD $82,197 Carthage, SD $82,197 Cavour, SD $82,197 Chamberlain, SD $76,193 Corsica, SD $82,197 Dante, SD $82,197

Delmont, SD $82,197 Dimock, SD $82,197 Emery, SD $82,197 Ethan, SD $82,197 Fairfax, SD $79,195 Fedora, SD $82,197 Fort Thompson, SD $76,193 Fulton, SD $82,197

Gann Valley, SD $76,193 Geddes, SD $79,195 Harrison, SD $82,197 Highmore, SD $76,193 Stephan, SD $76,193 Hitchcock, SD $76,193 Howard, SD $82,197 Huron, SD $79,195

Iroquois, SD $82,197 Kaylor, SD $82,197 Kimball, SD $76,193 Lake Andes, SD $82,197 Lane, SD $79,195 Letcher, SD $82,197 Marty, SD $82,197 Miller, SD $76,193

Mount Vernon, SD $82,197 New Holland, SD $79,195 Oacoma, SD $76,193 Parkston, SD $82,197 Pickstown, SD $82,197 Plankinton, SD $79,195 Platte, SD $79,195 Pukwana, SD $76,193

Ree Heights, SD $76,193 Saint Lawrence, SD $76,193 Spencer, SD $82,197 Stickney, SD $82,197 Tripp, SD $82,197 Virgil, SD $76,193 Wagner, SD $82,197 Wessington, SD $76,193

Wessington Springs, SD $76,193 White Lake, SD $76,193 Wolsey, SD $76,193 Woonsocket, SD $82,197 Yale, SD $82,197 Aberdeen, SD $76,193 Akaska, SD $76,193 Amherst, SD $87,261

Andover, SD $87,261 Ashton, SD $76,193 Barnard, SD $81,727 Bath, SD $81,727 Bowdle, SD $76,193 Brentford, SD $76,193 Britton, SD $87,261 Claremont, SD $87,261

Columbia, SD $81,727 Conde, SD $76,193 Cresbard, SD $76,193 Doland, SD $79,195 Eureka, SD $83,191 Faulkton, SD $76,193 Ferney, SD $81,727 Frankfort, SD $76,193

Frederick, SD $87,261 Gettysburg, SD $76,193 Groton, SD $81,727 Hecla, SD $87,261 Hosmer, SD $76,193 Houghton, SD $87,261 Hoven, SD $76,193 Ipswich, SD $76,193

Java, SD $76,193 Langford, SD $87,261 Lebanon, SD $76,193 Watertown, SD $82,197 Arlington, SD $82,197 Astoria, SD $82,197 Badger, SD $82,197 Big Stone City, SD $86,487

Bradley, SD $82,197 Brandt, SD $82,197 Bristol, SD $87,261 Bruce, SD $82,197 Bryant, SD $82,197 Castlewood, SD $82,197 Claire City, SD $87,261 Clark, SD $82,197

Clear Lake, SD $82,197 Corona, SD $87,261 De Smet, SD $82,197 Eden, SD $87,261 Erwin, SD $82,197 Estelline, SD $82,197 Florence, SD $82,197 Garden City, SD $82,197

Gary, SD $82,197 Goodwin, SD $82,197 Grenville, SD $87,261 Hayti, SD $82,197 Hazel, SD $82,197 Henry, SD $82,197 Kranzburg, SD $82,197 Labolt, SD $82,197

Lake City, SD $87,261 Lake Norden, SD $82,197 Lake Preston, SD $82,197 Marvin, SD $84,729 Milbank, SD $86,487 New Effington, SD $87,261 Ortley, SD $87,261 Peever, SD $87,261

Raymond, SD $79,195 Revillo, SD $82,197 Rosholt, SD $87,261 Roslyn, SD $87,261 Sisseton, SD $87,261 South Shore, SD $82,197 Stockholm, SD $82,197 Strandburg, SD $82,197

Summit, SD $84,729 Toronto, SD $82,197 Twin Brooks, SD $84,729 Veblen, SD $87,261

Communications Associate Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Communications Associate'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 April 01, 2026

$74,072

Average $83,679/year

$93,515

$6,173

Average $6,973/month

$7,793

$1,424

Average $1,609/week

$1,798

$36

Average $40/hour

$45

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$93,515	$7,793	$1,798	$45
Average	$83,679	$6,973	$1,609	$40
25th Percentile	$74,072	$6,173	$1,424	$36

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