High paying sales jobs in Rapid City, SD

Every sales 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 sales 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

1First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$103,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,560 – $188,870110
2Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$78,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,870 – $128,890780
3Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$78,120
Bachelor's degree
$46,910 – $159,76060
4Insurance Sales Agents$76,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,680 – $133,580310
5Advertising Sales Agents$63,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,600 – $102,30080
6First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$56,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $94,550670
7Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$50,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $89,860130
8Real Estate Sales Agents$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,900 – $73,920160
9Parts Salespersons$41,380
No formal educational credential
$34,250 – $63,610340
10Travel Agents$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $61,95030
11Counter and Rental Clerks$36,120
No formal educational credential
$28,080 – $45,810160
12Retail Salespersons$33,350
No formal educational credential
$27,870 – $54,0403,090
13Cashiers$30,460
No formal educational credential
$26,800 – $36,3401,980

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	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,830	$57,560 – $188,870	110
2	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,280	$47,870 – $128,890	780
3	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$78,120	$46,910 – $159,760	60
4	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,500	$50,680 – $133,580	310
5	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,640	$39,600 – $102,300	80
6	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,330	$38,660 – $94,550	670
7	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,710	$37,160 – $89,860	130
8	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$45,900 – $73,920	160
9	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$41,380	$34,250 – $63,610	340
10	Travel AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$36,700 – $61,950	30
11	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$36,120	$28,080 – $45,810	160
12	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$33,350	$27,870 – $54,040	3,090
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$30,460	$26,800 – $36,340	1,980

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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