SOC 15-1299 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Computer Occupations, All Other make in Rapid City, SD?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Occupations, All Other in Rapid City, SD is $100,420. The 10th percentile is $77,000 and the 90th percentile is $132,120. Employment is 70.
Median annual wage
$100,420
- 10th percentile
- $77,000
- 25th percentile
- $86,940
- Median
- $100,420
- 75th percentile
- $122,760
- 90th percentile
- $132,120
- Mean
- $104,480
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Computer Occupations, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $77,000 and the 90th percentile is $132,120. The difference is $55,120, which is 54.9% 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 $86,940 to the 75th at $122,760, covers $35,820.
The mean annual wage is $104,480, which sits above the median of $100,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Rapid City, SD median is 13.9% lower than the national median of $116,580 for Computer Occupations, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $112,629, which is 3.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 4.7% lower than the South Dakota median of $105,370.
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 $100,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Occupations, All Other at $112,629 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 Computer Occupations, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Computer Occupations, All Other accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Rapid City, SD (70 of 73,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (435,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 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 · Computer Occupations, All Other 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 Computer Occupations, All Other make in Rapid City, SD?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Occupations, All Other in Rapid City, SD is $100,420. The 10th percentile is $77,000 and the 90th percentile is $132,120. Employment is 70.
How does that compare with the national median for Computer Occupations, All Other?
The local median is 13.9% lower than the national median of $116,580.
What is Computer Occupations, All Other 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 $100,420 is $112,629. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.