How much do Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

Percentile spread

For Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, the published 10th percentile is $31,240 and the 90th percentile is $49,460. The difference is $18,220, which is 45.7% 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 $39,730 to the 75th at $46,920, covers $7,190.

The mean annual wage is $42,220, which sits above the median of $39,900. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN median is 11.7% higher than the national median of $35,730 for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products. In 2024 national prices the local median is $44,025, which is 23.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the South Dakota median of $39,900.

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 $39,900 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products at $44,025 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 Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products. Sioux Falls, SD-MN ranks 2nd 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 $43,430 and employment of 120. That median is 8.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,252, against $44,025 here.

Employment share

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux Falls, SD-MN (30 of 178,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.04 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.