SOC 41-2011 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Cashiers make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cashiers in Rapid City, SD is $30,460. The 10th percentile is $26,800 and the 90th percentile is $36,340. Employment is 1,980.

Median annual wage

$30,460

10th percentile
$26,800
25th percentile
$28,760
Median
$30,460
75th percentile
$34,670
90th percentile
$36,340
Mean
$31,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Cashiers, the published 10th percentile is $26,800 and the 90th percentile is $36,340. The difference is $9,540, which is 31.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,760 to the 75th at $34,670, covers $5,910.

The mean annual wage is $31,480, which sits above the median of $30,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rapid City, SD median is 7.4% lower than the national median of $32,880 for Cashiers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,163, which is 3.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.3% higher than the South Dakota median of $29,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rapid City, SD is 89.160, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cashiers at $34,163 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Cashiers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Cashiers accounts for 2.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Rapid City, SD (1,980 of 73,820). Nationally the occupation is 2.0% of employment (3,089,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Rapid City, SD · Cashiers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Cashiers make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cashiers in Rapid City, SD is $30,460. The 10th percentile is $26,800 and the 90th percentile is $36,340. Employment is 1,980.

How does that compare with the national median for Cashiers?

The local median is 7.4% lower than the national median of $32,880.

What is Cashiers pay in Rapid City, SD after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rapid City, SD is 89.160, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $30,460 is $34,163. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.