SOC 11-1021 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do General and Operations Managers make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for General and Operations Managers in Rapid City, SD is $130,410. The 10th percentile is $80,890 and the 90th percentile is $243,700. Employment is 700.

Median annual wage

$130,410

10th percentile
$80,890
25th percentile
$97,350
Median
$130,410
75th percentile
$174,790
90th percentile
$243,700
Mean
$149,450

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For General and Operations Managers, the published 10th percentile is $80,890 and the 90th percentile is $243,700. The difference is $162,810, which is 124.8% 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 $97,350 to the 75th at $174,790, covers $77,440.

The mean annual wage is $149,450, which sits above the median of $130,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rapid City, SD median is 23.3% higher than the national median of $105,770 for General and Operations Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $146,265, which is 38.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.1% lower than the South Dakota median of $137,400.

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 $130,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts General and Operations Managers at $146,265 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 General and Operations Managers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

General and Operations Managers accounts for 0.95% of wage-and-salary employment in Rapid City, SD (700 of 73,820). Nationally the occupation is 2.3% of employment (3,503,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.42 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 · General and Operations Managers 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 General and Operations Managers make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for General and Operations Managers in Rapid City, SD is $130,410. The 10th percentile is $80,890 and the 90th percentile is $243,700. Employment is 700.

How does that compare with the national median for General and Operations Managers?

The local median is 23.3% higher than the national median of $105,770.

What is General and Operations Managers 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 $130,410 is $146,265. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.