SOC 43-4171 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Receptionists and Information Clerks make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks in Rapid City, SD is $37,990. The 10th percentile is $27,910 and the 90th percentile is $47,820. Employment is 1,240.

Median annual wage

$37,990

10th percentile
$27,910
25th percentile
$32,360
Median
$37,990
75th percentile
$43,660
90th percentile
$47,820
Mean
$38,180

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Receptionists and Information Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $27,910 and the 90th percentile is $47,820. The difference is $19,910, which is 52.4% 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 $32,360 to the 75th at $43,660, covers $11,300.

The mean annual wage is $38,180, which sits above the median of $37,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rapid City, SD median is 0.1% lower than the national median of $38,010 for Receptionists and Information Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,609, which is 12.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% lower than the South Dakota median of $38,280.

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 $37,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Receptionists and Information Clerks at $42,609 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 Receptionists and Information Clerks in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Receptionists and Information Clerks accounts for 1.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Rapid City, SD (1,240 of 73,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.59% of employment (910,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.87 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 · Receptionists and Information Clerks 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 Receptionists and Information Clerks make in Rapid City, SD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks in Rapid City, SD is $37,990. The 10th percentile is $27,910 and the 90th percentile is $47,820. Employment is 1,240.

How does that compare with the national median for Receptionists and Information Clerks?

The local median is 0.1% lower than the national median of $38,010.

What is Receptionists and Information Clerks 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 $37,990 is $42,609. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.