System Safety Engineer Salary in Rapid City, SD

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As of January 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a System Safety Engineer in Rapid City, SD is $60,323. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $55,646 to $70,219, with most professionals earning between $51,388 and $79,228.

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Demonstrated potential to work with systems engineering processes including top-down design starting from high level system requirements through the allocation of system components, hardware, computer programs, and across organizations.

October 01, 2022

Develop, deliver and update System Safety Analysis and Risk Assessment, and Hazard Tracking database Flow down of the System Safety requirements to suppliers and audit/review of the supplier's analysis is also required.

October 21, 2022

Assist in performing a variety of hazard analyses across the full product life cycle, to include Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), and Software Safety Hazard Analysis.

January 25, 2023

Active Secret clearance or higher, OR ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance.

February 05, 2023

Review and provide input to Systems Engineering, Design and Software documentation consistent with project phase to include requirements development, design, development, verification, test methods and performance verification Review specifications, technical documentation, and changes to those documents for impacts to system safety.

February 06, 2023

Provide support for the development, procurement, sustainment and modification of aircraft systems, sub-systems, components and equipment with the ability to provide expertise.

February 07, 2023

Participates in the development and execution of Level of Rigger (LOR) task development and perform software safety analysis utilizing software criticality indices per MIL-STD-882E.

March 04, 2023

Prepare/review/update Technical Data Packages and Presentation Materials in support of Safety Review Board Reviews including the Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board (WSESRB) and its Technical Panels, Laser Safety Review Board, and DoD and DON Insensitive Munitions Reviews.

March 10, 2023

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Average Salary Range for System Safety Engineer in Rapid City, SD

Average Base Salary

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55646

70219

60323

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

56559

71480

62185

What is the average salary for System Safety Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of System Safety Engineer in Rapid City, SD. The base salary for System Safety Engineer ranges from $55,646 to $70,219 with the average base salary of $60,323. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $56,559 to $71,480 with the average total cash compensation of $62,185.

View Average Salary for System Safety Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$60,323	$55,646 - $70,219
Bonus	$1,862	$913 - $1,261
Total Pay	$62,185	$56,559 - $71,480

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

System Safety Engineer Salary Near Rapid City, SD

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Deadwood, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $54,077 - $68,238	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Gillette, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $55,881 - $70,514	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Pierre, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $52,676 - $66,471	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Casper, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,622 - $73,974	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Sheridan, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $59,210 - $74,716	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD
CITY, STATE Dickinson, ND	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $60,098 - $75,836	COMPARE TO Rapid City, SD

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About Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is located at 44°04′34″N 103°13′42″W / 44.076188°N 103.228299°W / 44.076188; -103.228299. The downtown elevation of Rapid City is 3,202 feet (976 m) and Rapid City sits in the shadow of Black Elk Peak, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.49 square miles (143.71 km2), of which 55.41 square miles (143.5 km2) is land and 0.08 square mile (0.2 km2) is water. Rapid City is located on the eastern edge of the Black Hills, and is split in half by the Dakota Hogback. ...

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About Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is located at 44°04′34″N 103°13′42″W / 44.076188°N 103.228299°W / 44.076188; -103.228299. The downtown elevation of Rapid City is 3,202 ....More

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