How much do Commercial Pilots make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

Percentile spread

For Commercial Pilots, the published 10th percentile is $51,990 and the 90th percentile is $178,300. The difference is $126,310, which is 112.7% 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 $61,450 to the 75th at $146,830, covers $85,380.

The mean annual wage is $114,140, which sits above the median of $112,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN median is 9% lower than the national median of $123,220 for Commercial Pilots. In 2024 national prices the local median is $123,688, which is 0.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 33.9% higher than the South Dakota median of $83,710.

Sioux Falls, SD-MN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses South Dakota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sioux Falls, SD-MN is 90.631, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $112,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial Pilots at $123,688 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Commercial Pilots. Sioux Falls, SD-MN ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Omaha, NE-IA is 161 miles away, with a median of $110,210 and employment of 110. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $119,909, against $123,688 here.

Employment share

Commercial Pilots accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux Falls, SD-MN (110 of 178,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (47,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.01 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.