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Rapid City, SD

315 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 39660.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

BLS didn't publish the median for 2 occupations here because it is very high: Anesthesiologists, General Internal Medicine Physicians. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 315 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011840$79,2701.22
Administrative Services Managers 11-301280$107,2000.67
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301180$63,6401.76
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301150$81,4000.76
Airfield Operations Specialists 53-202260$37,9408.88
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091360$29,7401.90
Anesthesiologists 29-1211Not availableNot published (very high)
Animal Caretakers 39-2021270$32,0902.17
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$115,6000.82
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$57,3001.00
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904180$196,8000.75
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 19-202160$104,38012.28
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021160$47,7502.31
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023360$58,9801.08
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031130$35,9602.70
Bakers 51-301150$37,6900.46
Bartenders 35-3011700$29,5001.95
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301170$48,0900.97
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021120$46,7900.61
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,720$46,8102.64
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 27-301150$40,6904.49
Budget Analysts 13-203130$75,3601.43
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051170$40,3300.90
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031160$62,7001.19
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199230$79,4400.45
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302180$37,0601.30
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020170$76,4000.72
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119450$67,2901.00
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203240$59,8000.69
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-501130$65,4400.67
Carpenters 47-2031870$48,6402.73
Cashiers 41-20111,980$30,4601.35
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051470$48,3004.77
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$48,3500.61
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101170$301,4200.70
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021420$50,4902.25
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011300$28,3301.20
Chiropractors 29-101140$78,1201.89
Choreographers 27-203240$41,08027.28
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3022100$58,6102.96
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051350$100,3001.99
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031140$79,7800.91
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061310$34,8901.73
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010230$47,2401.46
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303330$63,7200.97
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022160$31,6701.35
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912480$46,0901.00
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers 49-909150$42,3803.77
Commercial Pilots 53-201260$86,1502.83
Community Health Workers 21-109480$45,7002.85
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-1141100$70,8901.87
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041120$75,1600.60
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1241140Not available1.64
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123160$51,9500.83
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916170$52,1900.81
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129970$100,4200.32
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211130$104,3500.52
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232180$50,0800.52
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021Not available$163,860
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201160$57,7301.79
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103140$70,4503.41
Construction Laborers 47-2061410$45,6300.80
Construction Managers 11-9021240$120,5601.30
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$72,4700.59
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901240$97,1701.70
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011320$31,1901.04
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012260$36,8701.24
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014390$35,9100.58
Cooks, Short Order 35-2015420$32,6706.31
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012240$53,0401.35
Cost Estimators 13-1051200$72,2101.84
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021160$36,1200.85
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031150$43,8501.73
Credit Analysts 13-204150$80,9901.61
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,010$38,5200.82
Dental Assistants 31-9091320$47,8501.72
Dental Hygienists 29-1292120$91,8901.18
Dental Laboratory Technicians 51-908150$45,8003.13
Dentists, General 29-102190$158,1401.44
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302190$77,7301.61
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011450$30,5701.75
Dishwashers 35-9021240$28,3901.07
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$44,9000.86
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031170$46,7800.89
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208160$47,9801.50
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-903290$96,3700.58
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012120$56,0400.71
Electrical Engineers 17-2071110$105,3301.17
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051120$95,2201.95
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209440$63,7601.39
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202890$40,7600.74
Electricians 47-2111460$61,1601.29
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021530$59,4800.80
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$53,7400.82
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042150$39,4401.71
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 11-907230$82,6201.69
Environmental Engineers 17-208130$94,3701.77
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204150$68,2601.21
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011170$55,5200.77
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031110$46,5300.74
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904180$38,9702.86
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$102,6500.65
Family Medicine Physicians 29-1215130$230,5302.61
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304160$59,2803.29
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209240$36,9000.33
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,860$29,4401.56
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031120$160,2800.29
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-2051150$69,6900.85
Firefighters 33-2011220$48,1601.36
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011470$77,9001.22
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$46,7900.87
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012550$37,9600.95
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011110$45,4601.34
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101250$63,5600.73
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011290$80,4800.99
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012110$103,8301.03
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011320$60,7000.46
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102270$50,9901.32
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101240$104,4800.52
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011160$70,2900.50
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011670$56,3301.26
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047210$60,6600.69
Floral Designers 27-102330$33,4901.64
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021610$30,6701.43
Food Service Managers 11-9051270$59,5802.40
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071120$57,6607.97
Forest and Conservation Workers 45-401140$50,11014.65
Foresters 19-103240$63,2107.09
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-121630Not published (very high)1.09
General and Operations Managers 11-1021700$130,4100.42
Glaziers 47-212190$46,8203.18
Graphic Designers 27-102480$49,9900.85
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012170$48,4401.14
Health Education Specialists 21-109140$60,7701.22
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107140$67,8700.37
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209950$48,4400.55
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022140$77,7901.53
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909960$44,2001.15
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021360$61,4301.87
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032740$59,1100.76
Helpers--Carpenters 47-301240$30,9003.79
Helpers--Electricians 47-301350$35,0001.81
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301560$36,1102.70
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051190$49,4902.59
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120570$36,7600.28
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031140$30,3100.70
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081570$30,3404.57
Human Resources Managers 11-312140$105,9900.43
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071230$74,9800.52
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302640$51,9401.01
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211270$81,4800.38
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904190$63,8900.42
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305170$102,6600.56
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051190$45,9300.52
Information Security Analysts 15-121290$108,0301.05
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419970$51,3401.12
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-906170$48,3100.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909990$58,6201.05
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031110$57,7001.01
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 47-213140$45,7601.84
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904180$47,0600.80
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021310$76,5001.35
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111110$41,7101.55
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,520$34,8801.45
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-907140$45,1104.20
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201270$58,6701.30
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062420$38,0500.30
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011630$34,8401.39
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011210$30,8802.18
Lawyers 23-1011260$99,4300.71
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012110$48,2501.51
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402240$59,9900.67
Library Technicians 25-403180$34,3002.36
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061340$52,2201.09
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092110$34,0101.51
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033800$43,2501.71
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131240$46,2703.03
Loan Officers 13-2072220$78,4701.67
Lodging Managers 11-908190$61,6704.52
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108150$79,5100.41
Machinists 51-404170$47,8400.51
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists 29-203550$81,8402.67
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012810$29,2101.98
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905160$35,5402.10
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071550$47,1100.76
Management Analysts 13-1111510$92,7101.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919990$109,3500.31
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509260$47,6000.79
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161220$61,7000.52
Marketing Managers 11-202160Not available0.30
Marriage and Family Therapists 21-101330$44,6901.02
Massage Therapists 31-901150$52,9701.05
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141140$94,1801.02
Medical Assistants 31-9092240$40,6900.63
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909380$45,4602.20
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072100$52,1401.08
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909430$53,8401.74
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111190$122,9300.68
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112160$46,3600.89
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102350$44,2500.79
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$38,8300.91
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022330$60,0201.12
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090230$37,1800.35
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023100$46,8502.31
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042130$62,5001.56
Motorcycle Mechanics 49-305270$46,39010.91
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912130$129,9600.59
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244220$76,1201.49
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 27-302330$45,2301.79
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171190$124,1601.24
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,280$38,5001.86
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501150$86,1600.67
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112280$99,1201.06
Office Clerks, General 43-9061270$39,4200.23
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073410$60,6601.83
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205790$39,3002.58
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 29-124170$211,99015.81
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208160$38,7601.68
Order Clerks 43-415140$48,3601.07
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-911140$32,9500.20
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706470$27,8000.25
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141110$46,9001.04
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011150$56,7200.78
Paramedics 29-204340$47,8100.91
Parking Attendants 53-602130$35,6000.51
Parts Salespersons 41-2022340$41,3802.64
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305170$46,0600.92
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205270$103,7600.58
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301240$39,2803.08
Pharmacists 29-1051210$140,3401.37
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052200$47,8400.90
Phlebotomists 31-909740$39,7200.66
Photographers 27-402130$39,7801.26
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202140$50,0100.72
Physical Therapists 29-1123190$94,1201.52
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071150$130,7401.96
Pipelayers 47-215170$50,6504.56
Plant and System Operators, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 51-809930$62,1905.12
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152360$55,8501.63
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051370$65,6201.17
Postal Service Clerks 43-505130$57,4300.89
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052100$62,3400.64
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011190$46,6200.86
Printing Press Operators 51-511240$37,5500.64
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109260$63,5401.51
Procurement Clerks 43-306140$51,6301.44
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201230$52,6800.50
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506150$51,9800.26
Project Management Specialists 13-1082330$74,7000.66
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-2020100$63,9003.77
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141190$48,0301.31
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909930$49,9400.82
Public Relations Specialists 27-303140$81,3300.30
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034130$67,2101.20
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022160$46,2701.78
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-41711,240$37,9902.87
Recreation Workers 39-9032100$39,8500.66
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708130$29,9600.50
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,480$79,3801.55
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 43-418160$36,6101.12
Residential Advisors 39-9041440Not available10.90
Retail Salespersons 41-20313,090$33,3501.67
Roofers 47-2181120$46,5101.87
Sales Managers 11-202280$134,0100.26
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091130$50,7100.22
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012780$78,2801.33
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011150Not available1.12
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041Not available$30,460
School Bus Monitors 33-909440$35,0000.96
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031390$59,5400.78
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014990$41,7201.22
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303160$78,1200.27
Security Guards 33-9032240$37,1500.39
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221170$44,2801.26
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071430$39,1301.12
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305390$35,4500.76
Skincare Specialists 39-509430$38,5800.89
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915180$83,5500.85
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093170$38,4400.81
Software Developers 15-1252270$91,8400.34
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101350$73,3106.03
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052120$60,8001.00
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205740$52,9900.89
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205870$58,3600.90
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112780$71,6900.89
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,580$37,1501.18
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 47-2221170$49,1005.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018350$47,6201.49
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031100$28,5500.41
Surgical Technologists 29-2055110$61,9602.02
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102240$78,3201.85
Tax Preparers 13-208250$61,1001.41
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309940Not available0.80
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045540$27,7400.81
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$59,2501.09
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052110$49,4602.43
Tellers 43-3071200$38,6301.28
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$37,2201.03
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209340$58,6801.91
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010120$35,4904.54
Training and Development Specialists 13-115150$64,9900.21
Transportation Security Screeners 33-909340$55,5301.59
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307130$94,5400.33
Travel Agents 41-304130$37,9901.30
Tutors 25-304130$62,0400.38
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 39-303130$30,4100.60
Veterinarians 29-113160$90,4101.39
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909640$35,6400.64
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205650$45,2100.83
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,430$29,0201.32
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031190$57,7803.18
Web Developers 15-125460$52,6001.81
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121200$51,6901.04
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042130$37,9204.49
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102350$68,1006.16