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Nurse Anesthetist salary in South Dakota

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. South Dakota ranks 17 of 44 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 11.6% above the national median.

$263,930median annual wage in South Dakota, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$194,200
Median
$263,930
Top earners (90th pct)
$287,650
$194,200$287,650
10th percentile
$194,200
25th percentile
$220,920
Median percentile
$263,930
75th percentile
$269,480
90th percentile
$287,650
Mean
$249,720
Employed
400

The median ($263,930) sits above the mean ($249,720) here, which is normal in medicine: part-time and partial-year clinicians pull the average down, so the median is the better description of a full-time job.

How South Dakota compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
South Dakota$194,200$249,720$263,930$287,650
United States$155,250$248,320$236,590$339,500

Nurse Anesthetist salary in other states

Where this comes from. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, for the occupation Nurse Anesthetists. Employers report the wages they actually pay, and the methodology is published — unlike self-reported salary surveys, which nobody can verify.

What it leaves out. OES counts wage-and-salary employees. Self-employed physicians and practice owners are outside its scope, and partnership distributions are not wages, so in specialties where private practice is common these figures are likely to be conservative. Bonuses and profit-sharing are excluded from the wage measure as well.

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