High paying management jobs in Rapid City, SD

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rapid City, SD. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Rapid City, SD run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rapid City, SD salary is worth about 1.12× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rapid City, SD · Employed

1Chief Executives$301,420
Bachelor's degree
$169,450 – $537,18070
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$196,800
Bachelor's degree
$127,930 – $229,25080
3Financial Managers$160,280
Bachelor's degree
$116,840 – $226,910120
4Sales Managers$134,010
Bachelor's degree
$69,260 – $222,57080
5General and Operations Managers$130,410
Bachelor's degree
$80,890 – $243,700700
6Natural Sciences Managers$129,960
Bachelor's degree
$94,520 – $255,85030
7Medical and Health Services Managers$122,930
Bachelor's degree
$85,440 – $189,450190
8Construction Managers$120,560
Bachelor's degree
$92,880 – $158,600240
9Managers, All Other$109,350
Bachelor's degree
$72,610 – $193,52090
10Administrative Services Managers$107,200
Bachelor's degree
$69,230 – $153,90080
11Human Resources Managers$105,990
Bachelor's degree
$88,960 – $176,06040
12Industrial Production Managers$102,660
Bachelor's degree
$76,880 – $138,98070
13Facilities Managers$102,650
Bachelor's degree
$78,480 – $137,24050
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$96,370
Master's degree
$76,860 – $109,27090
15Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$94,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,880 – $161,55030
16Social and Community Service Managers$83,550
Bachelor's degree
$62,400 – $111,99080
17Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling$82,620
Bachelor's degree
$60,180 – $123,23030
18Lodging Managers$61,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,270 – $78,21090
19Food Service Managers$59,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,190 – $78,420270
20Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $71,190190

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

#	Occupation	MedianRapid City, SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$301,420	$169,450 – $537,180	70
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$196,800	$127,930 – $229,250	80
3	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$160,280	$116,840 – $226,910	120
4	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$134,010	$69,260 – $222,570	80
5	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,410	$80,890 – $243,700	700
6	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,960	$94,520 – $255,850	30
7	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$122,930	$85,440 – $189,450	190
8	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$120,560	$92,880 – $158,600	240
9	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$109,350	$72,610 – $193,520	90
10	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$107,200	$69,230 – $153,900	80
11	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$105,990	$88,960 – $176,060	40
12	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,660	$76,880 – $138,980	70
13	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,650	$78,480 – $137,240	50
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$96,370	$76,860 – $109,270	90
15	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,540	$55,880 – $161,550	30
16	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$83,550	$62,400 – $111,990	80
17	Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except GamblingBachelor's degree	$82,620	$60,180 – $123,230	30
18	Lodging ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,670	$49,270 – $78,210	90
19	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,580	$51,190 – $78,420	270
20	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$37,780 – $71,190	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rapid City, SD. 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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