High paying healthcare support jobs in South Dakota

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in South Dakota. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single healthcare support job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in South Dakota run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a South Dakota salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in South Dakota.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, South Dakota · Employed

1Massage Therapists$52,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,720 – $56,310180
2Physical Therapist Assistants$49,310
Associate's degree
$40,120 – $63,930300
3Dental Assistants$47,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,190 – $60,3101,290
4Medical Transcriptionists$46,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,160 – $59,870240
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $63,130260
6Medical Equipment Preparers$42,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $54,680480
7Medical Assistants$41,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,980 – $48,9601,340
8Phlebotomists$39,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,360 – $45,240320
9Nursing Assistants$38,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,110 – $46,1006,860
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,500 – $47,3204,210
11Pharmacy Aides$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,400 – $44,040150
12Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,390 – $36,700250

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Dakota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,000	$35,720 – $56,310	180
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$49,310	$40,120 – $63,930	300
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,900	$38,190 – $60,310	1,290
4	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,070	$36,160 – $59,870	240
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,610	$38,110 – $63,130	260
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,330	$31,680 – $54,680	480
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,870	$35,980 – $48,960	1,340
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,560	$31,360 – $45,240	320
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,800	$31,110 – $46,100	6,860
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,740	$32,500 – $47,320	4,210
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$33,400 – $44,040	150
12	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,700	$28,390 – $36,700	250

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in South Dakota. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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