How much do Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

Percentile spread

For Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $30,770 and the 90th percentile is $39,840. The difference is $9,070, which is 25.7% 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 $31,430 to the 75th at $36,780, covers $5,350.

The mean annual wage is $34,860, which sits below the median of $35,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN median is 20.5% lower than the national median of $44,390 for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,960, which is 12.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% lower than the South Dakota median of $35,860.

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 $35,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks at $38,960 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 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. 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 $37,850 and employment of 590. That median is 7.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,181, against $38,960 here.

Employment share

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux Falls, SD-MN (130 of 178,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (118,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.