How much do Physician Assistants make in Rapid City, SD?

Percentile spread

For Physician Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $97,110 and the 90th percentile is $157,950. The difference is $60,840, which is 46.5% 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 $113,340 to the 75th at $145,390, covers $32,050.

The mean annual wage is $129,590, which sits below the median of $130,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rapid City, SD median is 3.8% lower than the national median of $135,880 for Physician Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $146,635, which is 7.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% lower than the South Dakota median of $133,200.

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 $130,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Physician Assistants at $146,635 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 Physician Assistants in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Physician Assistants accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Rapid City, SD (150 of 73,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (162,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.95 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.