Packaging Process Engineer Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Packaging Process Engineer make in South Dakota?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Packaging Process Engineer in South Dakota is $80,373 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, a Packaging Process Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $89,572
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $73,775 to $85,188
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $67,767

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Packaging Process Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,188	$7,099	$1,638	$41
Average	$80,373	$6,698	$1,546	$39
25th Percentile	$73,775	$6,148	$1,419	$35

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Key Factors That Influence Packaging Process Engineer Salaries

A Packaging Process Engineer'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 Packaging Process Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Packaging Process Engineer'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): $70,181
Early Career (1-2 years): $80,019
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $95,045
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $117,111
Expert (over 8 years): $146,909

Levels	Salary
Packaging... Level Packaging Process Engineer	$70,181
Packaging... Level Packaging Process Engineer	$80,019
Packaging... Level Packaging Process Engineer	$95,045
Packaging... Level Packaging Process Engineer	$117,111
Packaging... Level Packaging Process Engineer	$146,909

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How Do Packaging Process Engineer 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 Packaging Process Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $97,920.
California: $97,548.
Massachusetts: $96,248.

District of Columbia $97,920 California $97,548 Massachusetts $96,248 Washington $95,894 New Jersey $95,859 Alaska $95,735 Connecticut $94,515 New York $94,020

Hawaii $92,436 Rhode Island $91,694 Maryland $91,189 Minnesota $90,500 Colorado $90,234 Illinois $90,146 Oregon $89,810 Delaware $89,562

New Hampshire $89,407 Virginia $89,058 Pennsylvania $88,041 Nevada $87,528 North Dakota $87,360 Michigan $87,095 Wisconsin $86,997 Vermont $86,803

Texas $86,263 Maine $86,228 Arizona $86,175 Ohio $86,113 Georgia $85,299 Indiana $84,893 Wyoming $84,813 Utah $84,689

Iowa $84,636 Kansas $84,212 Louisiana $84,088 North Carolina $84,044 Missouri $84,026 Florida $83,681 Montana $83,495 Nebraska $83,318

Kentucky $83,221 South Carolina $82,867 Tennessee $82,646 Idaho $82,558 New Mexico $81,912 Oklahoma $81,771 Alabama $81,249 South Dakota $80,373

Arkansas $79,896 West Virginia $79,639 Mississippi $78,870

Top Paying Cities for Packaging Process Engineers

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: $78,835
Aurora: $78,949
Baltic: $79,834

Alcester, SD $78,835 Aurora, SD $78,949 Baltic, SD $79,834 Beresford, SD $78,879 Brandon, SD $80,276 Brookings, SD $78,949 Burbank, SD $78,693 Canistota, SD $78,949

Canton, SD $79,657 Centerville, SD $78,949 Chancellor, SD $79,392 Chester, SD $78,949 Colman, SD $78,949 Colton, SD $79,303 Crooks, SD $80,276 Davis, SD $78,949

Dell Rapids, SD $79,480 Egan, SD $78,949 Elk Point, SD $79,011 Elkton, SD $78,949 Fairview, SD $79,038 Flandreau, SD $78,949 Freeman, SD $78,949 Garretson, SD $79,922

Gayville, SD $78,693 Harrisburg, SD $80,276 Hartford, SD $79,834 Hudson, SD $78,879 Humboldt, SD $79,303 Hurley, SD $78,949 Irene, SD $78,949 Jefferson, SD $79,436

Lennox, SD $79,657 Lesterville, SD $78,949 Lyons, SD $80,011 Madison, SD $78,949 Marion, SD $78,949 Menno, SD $78,949 Mission Hill, SD $78,817 Monroe, SD $78,949

Belle Fourche, SD $77,375 Black Hawk, SD $78,702 Box Elder, SD $78,702 Buffalo, SD $77,375 Buffalo Gap, SD $77,375 Camp Crook, SD $77,375 Caputa, SD $78,613 Custer, SD $77,375

Deadwood, SD $77,375 Edgemont, SD $77,375 Enning, SD $77,375 Fairburn, SD $77,375 Fort Meade, SD $77,375 Hermosa, SD $78,083 Hill City, SD $77,641 Hot Springs, SD $77,375

Howes, SD $77,375 Interior, SD $77,375 Keystone, SD $77,994 Kyle, SD $77,375 Lead, SD $77,375 Ludlow, SD $77,375 Manderson, SD $77,375 Mud Butte, SD $77,375

Nemo, SD $77,994 Newell, SD $77,375 New Underwood, SD $78,083 Nisland, SD $77,375 Oelrichs, SD $77,375 Oglala, SD $77,375 Oral, SD $77,375 Owanka, SD $77,375

Piedmont, SD $78,260 Pine Ridge, SD $77,375 Porcupine, SD $77,375 Pringle, SD $77,375 Quinn, SD $77,375 Redig, SD $77,375 Saint Onge, SD $77,375 Scenic, SD $77,375

Smithwick, SD $77,375 Spearfish, SD $77,375 Sturgis, SD $77,375 Union Center, SD $77,375 Vale, SD $77,375 Wall, SD $77,375 Wasta, SD $77,375 White Owl, SD $77,375

Whitewood, SD $77,375 Wounded Knee, SD $77,375 Leola, SD $79,905 Long Lake, SD $79,905 Mansfield, SD $73,183 Mellette, SD $73,183 Northville, SD $73,183 Onaka, SD $73,183

Orient, SD $73,183 Pierpont, SD $83,814 Redfield, SD $73,183 Rockham, SD $73,183 Roscoe, SD $73,183 Selby, SD $73,183 Seneca, SD $73,183 Stratford, SD $73,183

Tolstoy, SD $73,183 Tulare, SD $73,183 Turton, SD $73,183 Warner, SD $73,183 Westport, SD $78,498 Pierre, SD $74,510 Agar, SD $73,183 Belvidere, SD $73,183

Blunt, SD $74,421 Burke, SD $73,183 Colome, SD $73,183 Dallas, SD $73,183 Draper, SD $73,183 Fort Pierre, SD $74,421 Gregory, SD $73,183 Hamill, SD $73,183

Harrold, SD $73,360 Hayes, SD $73,183 Herrick, SD $73,183 Holabird, SD $73,183 Ideal, SD $73,183 Kadoka, SD $75,279 Kennebec, SD $73,183 Long Valley, SD $75,279

Lower Brule, SD $73,183 Martin, SD $77,375 Midland, SD $73,183 Milesville, SD $75,279 Mission, SD $73,183 Murdo, SD $73,183 Norris, SD $73,183 Okaton, SD $73,183

Okreek, SD $73,183 Onida, SD $73,714 Parmelee, SD $73,183 Philip, SD $75,279 Presho, SD $73,183 Reliance, SD $73,183 Rosebud, SD $73,183 Saint Charles, SD $73,183

Saint Francis, SD $73,183 Tuthill, SD $75,279 Vivian, SD $73,183 Wanblee, SD $77,375 White River, SD $73,183 Winner, SD $73,183 Witten, SD $73,183 Wood, SD $73,183

Mobridge, SD $73,183 Bison, SD $77,375 Bullhead, SD $86,626 Cherry Creek, SD $73,183 Dupree, SD $73,183 Eagle Butte, SD $73,183 Faith, SD $77,375 Glencross, SD $73,183

Glenham, SD $73,183 Herreid, SD $86,626 Isabel, SD $73,183 Keldron, SD $86,626 Lantry, SD $73,183 Lemmon, SD $86,626 Little Eagle, SD $86,626 Lodgepole, SD $82,001

Mc Intosh, SD $86,626 Mc Laughlin, SD $86,626 Meadow, SD $82,001 Morristown, SD $86,626 Mound City, SD $79,905 Pollock, SD $86,626 Prairie City, SD $77,375 Ralph, SD $77,375

Reva, SD $77,375 Ridgeview, SD $73,183 Timber Lake, SD $73,183 Trail City, SD $73,183 Wakpala, SD $79,905 Walker, SD $86,626 Watauga, SD $86,626 Whitehorse, SD $73,183

Rapid City, SD $78,702 Ellsworth Afb, SD $78,702 Allen, SD $77,375 Batesland, SD $77,375 Montrose, SD $78,949 North Sioux City, SD $79,489 Nunda, SD $78,949 Oldham, SD $78,949

Olivet, SD $78,949 Parker, SD $78,949 Ramona, SD $78,949 Renner, SD $80,276 Rowena, SD $80,276 Rutland, SD $78,949 Salem, SD $78,949 Scotland, SD $78,949

Sinai, SD $78,949 Springfield, SD $78,817 Tabor, SD $78,817 Tea, SD $80,188 Trent, SD $78,949 Tyndall, SD $78,949 Utica, SD $78,949 Valley Springs, SD $80,188

Vermillion, SD $78,693 Viborg, SD $78,949 Volga, SD $78,949 Volin, SD $78,949 Wakonda, SD $78,949 Wentworth, SD $78,949 Winfred, SD $78,949 Worthing, SD $79,745

Yankton, SD $78,817 Sioux Falls, SD $80,276 Vienna, SD $78,949 Wallace, SD $78,949 Waubay, SD $83,814 Webster, SD $83,814 White, SD $78,949 Willow Lake, SD $78,949

Wilmot, SD $83,814 Mitchell, SD $78,949 Alexandria, SD $78,949 Alpena, SD $76,066 Armour, SD $78,949 Artesian, SD $78,949 Avon, SD $78,949 Bonesteel, SD $76,066

Bridgewater, SD $78,949 Canova, SD $78,949 Carpenter, SD $78,949 Carthage, SD $78,949 Cavour, SD $78,949 Chamberlain, SD $73,183 Corsica, SD $78,949 Dante, SD $78,949

Delmont, SD $78,949 Dimock, SD $78,949 Emery, SD $78,949 Ethan, SD $78,949 Fairfax, SD $76,066 Fedora, SD $78,949 Fort Thompson, SD $73,183 Fulton, SD $78,949

Gann Valley, SD $73,183 Geddes, SD $76,066 Harrison, SD $78,949 Highmore, SD $73,183 Stephan, SD $73,183 Hitchcock, SD $73,183 Howard, SD $78,949 Huron, SD $76,066

Iroquois, SD $78,949 Kaylor, SD $78,949 Kimball, SD $73,183 Lake Andes, SD $78,949 Lane, SD $76,066 Letcher, SD $78,949 Marty, SD $78,949 Miller, SD $73,183

Mount Vernon, SD $78,949 New Holland, SD $76,066 Oacoma, SD $73,183 Parkston, SD $78,949 Pickstown, SD $78,949 Plankinton, SD $76,066 Platte, SD $76,066 Pukwana, SD $73,183

Ree Heights, SD $73,183 Saint Lawrence, SD $73,183 Spencer, SD $78,949 Stickney, SD $78,949 Tripp, SD $78,949 Virgil, SD $73,183 Wagner, SD $78,949 Wessington, SD $73,183

Wessington Springs, SD $73,183 White Lake, SD $73,183 Wolsey, SD $73,183 Woonsocket, SD $78,949 Yale, SD $78,949 Aberdeen, SD $73,183 Akaska, SD $73,183 Amherst, SD $83,814

Andover, SD $83,814 Ashton, SD $73,183 Barnard, SD $78,498 Bath, SD $78,498 Bowdle, SD $73,183 Brentford, SD $73,183 Britton, SD $83,814 Claremont, SD $83,814

Columbia, SD $78,498 Conde, SD $73,183 Cresbard, SD $73,183 Doland, SD $76,066 Eureka, SD $79,905 Faulkton, SD $73,183 Ferney, SD $78,498 Frankfort, SD $73,183

Frederick, SD $83,814 Gettysburg, SD $73,183 Groton, SD $78,498 Hecla, SD $83,814 Hosmer, SD $73,183 Houghton, SD $83,814 Hoven, SD $73,183 Ipswich, SD $73,183

Java, SD $73,183 Langford, SD $83,814 Lebanon, SD $73,183 Watertown, SD $78,949 Arlington, SD $78,949 Astoria, SD $78,949 Badger, SD $78,949 Big Stone City, SD $83,071

Bradley, SD $78,949 Brandt, SD $78,949 Bristol, SD $83,814 Bruce, SD $78,949 Bryant, SD $78,949 Castlewood, SD $78,949 Claire City, SD $83,814 Clark, SD $78,949

Clear Lake, SD $78,949 Corona, SD $83,814 De Smet, SD $78,949 Eden, SD $83,814 Erwin, SD $78,949 Estelline, SD $78,949 Florence, SD $78,949 Garden City, SD $78,949

Gary, SD $78,949 Goodwin, SD $78,949 Grenville, SD $83,814 Hayti, SD $78,949 Hazel, SD $78,949 Henry, SD $78,949 Kranzburg, SD $78,949 Labolt, SD $78,949

Lake City, SD $83,814 Lake Norden, SD $78,949 Lake Preston, SD $78,949 Marvin, SD $81,382 Milbank, SD $83,071 New Effington, SD $83,814 Ortley, SD $83,814 Peever, SD $83,814

Raymond, SD $76,066 Revillo, SD $78,949 Rosholt, SD $83,814 Roslyn, SD $83,814 Sisseton, SD $83,814 South Shore, SD $78,949 Stockholm, SD $78,949 Strandburg, SD $78,949

Summit, SD $81,382 Toronto, SD $78,949 Twin Brooks, SD $81,382 Veblen, SD $83,814

Packaging Process Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Packaging Process Engineer'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

$73,775

Average $80,373/year

$85,188

$6,148

Average $6,698/month

$7,099

$1,419

Average $1,546/week

$1,638

$35

Average $39/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,188	$7,099	$1,638	$41
Average	$80,373	$6,698	$1,546	$39
25th Percentile	$73,775	$6,148	$1,419	$35

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