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West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area

281 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4600003.

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 1 occupation here because it is very high: Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations). They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 281 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011950$76,5901.63
Administrative Services Managers 11-301230$88,6000.32
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$47,1701.08
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209170$48,6206.33
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-401230$40,7705.17
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 53-301150$29,8709.56
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091220$28,6101.40
Animal Caretakers 39-2021140$28,5701.28
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904140$129,9900.44
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021100$48,7801.67
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023370$54,4401.29
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603180$31,7701.90
Bakers 51-301150$35,3600.48
Bartenders 35-3011790$28,7102.59
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301130$45,6400.49
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-302170$45,9300.45
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102970$81,3303.14
Biological Technicians 19-402130$40,5501.09
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,540$45,7602.77
Budget Analysts 13-203130$76,6501.83
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051420$38,6902.55
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-3052100$45,8101.54
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031160$50,7301.37
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199180$79,4400.40
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101130$63,5601.02
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$37,2101.86
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020140$68,3000.70
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203290$57,1301.90
Carpenters 47-2031780$45,7402.88
Cashiers 41-20112,610$29,2902.09
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051330$45,8403.99
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$45,0100.77
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$199,9900.76
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021400$53,3702.54
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011400$28,3601.93
Chiropractors 29-101140$76,1002.62
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302290$59,4903.22
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051300$94,1801.99
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103140$63,7900.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061160$34,0001.02
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010140$66,2101.01
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022180$36,0901.81
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers 49-9091100$38,7309.03
Commercial Pilots 53-201240$79,9902.03
Community Health Workers 21-109470$46,1502.72
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114170$61,8701.65
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041260$70,8201.57
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123150$56,2000.79
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129940$94,2200.22
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211100$95,7900.47
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232130$43,1700.46
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-1031120$75,36011.83
Construction Laborers 47-2061210$39,9700.48
Construction Managers 11-9021120$115,9200.80
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$61,4500.95
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 53-701190$44,7309.73
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011160$30,4000.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012510$36,2302.88
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014320$36,0800.56
Cooks, Short Order 35-2015320$30,4105.72
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012320$48,6102.05
Cost Estimators 13-105170$74,8800.77
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-202190$34,3100.57
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031290$41,5403.96
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051320$37,3500.31
Database Administrators 15-124230$85,8601.13
Dental Assistants 31-9091160$47,3800.99
Dental Hygienists 29-129280$93,3300.86
Dentists, General 29-102150$128,2700.91
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302150$63,1101.03
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011250$28,6701.12
Dishwashers 35-9021220$26,4301.13
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503270$41,6000.81
Driver/Sales Workers 53-303180$46,5500.51
Editors 27-304130$56,7300.82
Education Administrators, All Other 11-903970$108,9903.14
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032190$83,0901.44
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903330$101,8500.44
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-108140$59,9201.80
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909960$64,9401.33
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012200$50,7401.40
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051190$97,3103.60
Electricians 47-2111280$62,5700.91
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,000$53,3501.77
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061190$50,8303.09
Emergency Management Directors 11-916140$68,9907.51
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042220$38,1502.99
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204190$67,0002.46
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-5022100$55,8407.16
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011260$53,7301.40
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903170$38,8600.54
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$88,7100.83
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121550$281,6401.18
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3041180$62,29011.77
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209330$37,9702.50
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,990$28,8701.28
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031120$135,2700.35
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$104,3300.42
Firefighters 33-201190$46,7300.65
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011300$75,3200.90
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$41,1600.88
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012400$39,6500.80
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101340$47,4103.80
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011130$46,0601.84
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$47,3200.71
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011230$79,0700.93
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101240$108,1400.49
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011220$57,2400.37
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$46,9000.79
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101250$77,8100.80
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011120$70,2700.45
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011560$54,9901.24
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047130$58,9400.52
Fish and Game Wardens 33-303140$62,94018.08
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021470$29,6101.31
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304140$30,6800.33
Food Service Managers 11-9051120$59,2701.26
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071150$54,95012.12
Forest and Conservation Workers 45-4011130$37,65051.63
Foresters 19-103230$58,2208.13
Gambling Cage Workers 43-3041120$33,30020.30
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 41-2012190$34,62021.97
Gambling Dealers 39-3011130$36,1103.90
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 33-903150$31,60013.27
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners 39-301240$31,12011.63
General and Operations Managers 11-1021600$124,5300.42
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 45-2041170$38,94016.82
Graphic Designers 27-102440$41,9800.49
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501240$49,3700.31
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-404160$49,4802.65
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022120$49,3001.55
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909970$50,9401.60
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021180$59,5501.06
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032790$54,0800.95
Helpers--Carpenters 47-3012Not available$30,160
Helpers--Electricians 47-301350$32,3201.90
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051590$48,3809.44
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120570$36,9000.33
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031100$29,3200.60
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081510$30,3404.85
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416130$40,1600.88
Human Resources Managers 11-312140$102,1900.49
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071140$62,5900.39
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-904150$72,1700.26
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305150$101,1600.47
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051140$49,2500.45
Information Security Analysts 15-121240$101,3100.56
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419980$53,3401.47
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909940$44,7100.62
Instructional Coordinators 25-903190$60,2600.98
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041170$34,5801.97
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021260$74,2601.34
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411150$45,7600.86
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,350$35,2301.51
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012140$49,8703.10
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062460$36,7600.38
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011400$32,6601.04
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011140$29,0001.70
Lawyers 23-1011250$100,4300.84
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012130$44,2702.03
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$47,6002.10
Library Technicians 25-4031200$27,8007.10
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061210$55,5300.80
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092100$30,8101.50
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033560$44,1201.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131200$47,4003.02
Loan Officers 13-2072260$80,1002.38
Lodging Managers 11-908180$58,4304.73
Machinists 51-404130$54,1300.28
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012910$29,2702.61
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905140$35,2001.75
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071670$48,7101.08
Management Analysts 13-1111600$82,3801.65
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199110$110,8700.43
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161160$61,5600.44
Medical Assistants 31-9092130$39,4800.38
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072130$56,7701.65
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909430$46,0701.90
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111190$122,9300.80
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112160$43,1301.11
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022410$57,1201.63
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090100$36,9000.18
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902360$45,2901.66
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304290$65,0801.28
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403150$46,5305.00
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309950$54,0002.85
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912150$116,5801.10
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244210$69,6701.67
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 27-302340$38,3102.56
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171110$134,1300.85
Nursing Assistants 31-1131710$37,4901.21
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112240$87,3500.55
Office Clerks, General 43-9061350$38,7300.36
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073300$57,0801.54
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$43,3101.64
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-911140$40,5600.27
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706460$24,1100.27
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214180$47,5300.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201190$60,1500.59
Paramedics 29-204370$42,7401.79
Parts Salespersons 41-2022250$44,5402.31
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$47,6800.86
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-3012100$46,4009.28
Pharmacists 29-1051130$139,9501.01
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052140$46,8200.74
Photographers 27-402150$43,8902.24
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202130$49,8300.71
Physical Therapists 29-1123110$92,4401.04
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107170$138,7201.13
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122940Not published (very high)0.25
Pipelayers 47-215140$47,9103.19
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152180$50,4500.95
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051560$59,4502.05
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051120$60,2503.96
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052110$55,4900.83
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913140$88,0506.98
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011240$40,7201.23
Printing Press Operators 51-511240$42,7500.65
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109250$63,5401.39
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506150$44,5400.29
Project Management Specialists 13-108280$80,3700.17
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-2020120$62,8205.13
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141190$50,9001.48
Public Relations Specialists 27-303140$64,5000.34
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031110$44,6402.75
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034130$76,5601.44
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022100$74,7301.25
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171590$37,3601.61
Recreation Workers 39-9032120$38,6300.92
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708180$32,8201.39
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,540$80,1201.12
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015100$49,2902.65
Residential Advisors 39-9041240$37,2607.00
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,440$33,9200.91
Roofers 47-218140$47,7100.77
Sales Managers 11-202240$111,5400.15
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-309150$62,4700.09
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012460$73,7900.92
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011160$105,9601.40
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909940$61,7901.13
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031800$54,3801.86
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,120$41,1201.62
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303140$87,6100.21
Security Guards 33-9032250$34,3400.49
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901250$52,0002.15
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071200$40,8200.61
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053140$36,8401.43
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915180$79,3200.97
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093150$39,8900.87
Software Developers 15-1252160$96,9900.24
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101370$72,79011.27
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052170$50,6501.64
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205760$56,9401.46
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058130$54,8102.02
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112740$66,9000.57
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,150$34,0501.00
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018180$56,1200.88
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031440$26,9502.09
Surgical Technologists 29-205550$54,6801.07
Tax Preparers 13-208250$46,3301.57
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309950$84,9501.00
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,220$29,1302.13
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$63,0201.26
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905290$49,1302.28
Tellers 43-3071300$38,2802.24
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$36,6101.04
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010140$34,8406.29
Training and Development Specialists 13-115150$68,6300.26
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307130$94,0600.34
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305170$71,1803.72
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 39-303140$26,8800.91
Veterinarians 29-113160$87,7001.86
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909670$33,9401.41
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205670$44,0701.30
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,110$27,7301.21
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031320$50,0006.21
Web Developers 15-125450$51,1001.63
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511160$43,2302.87
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121180$45,9801.08
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-704260$37,6802.50
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102360$64,5607.89