Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2016 Q2
Updated on December 31, 2023.
According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016 Q2, the average weekly wage for South Dakota was $759. Among all South Dakota counties, Union County had the highest average weekly wage ($903), followed by Lincoln County ($863), and Minnehaha County ($847).
On the other hand, Mellette County had the lowest average weekly wage ($496), followed by Jackson County ($514), and Jones County ($519).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
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Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2016 Q2
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| Rank | County | Average Weekly Wage ($) |
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| 1 | Union County | 903 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 863 |
| 3 | Minnehaha County | 847 |
| 4 | Hughes County | 787 |
| 5 | Brookings County | 777 |
| 6 | Brown County | 746 |
| 7 | Pennington County | 743 |
| 8 | Yankton County | 730 |
| 9 | Hyde County | 725 |
| 10 | Oglala Lakota County | 724 |
| 11 | Harding County | 719 |
| 12 | Lake County | 717 |
| 13 | Grant County | 715 |
| 14 | Beadle County | 704 |
| 14 | Davison County | 704 |
| 15 | Meade County | 700 |
| 16 | Codington County | 693 |
| 16 | Dewey County | 693 |
| 17 | Clay County | 689 |
| 18 | Haakon County | 688 |
| 19 | Moody County | 683 |
| 20 | Buffalo County | 680 |
| 21 | Edmunds County | 675 |
| 22 | Marshall County | 674 |
| 23 | Deuel County | 668 |
| 23 | Hanson County | 668 |
| 24 | Jerauld County | 667 |
| 25 | Corson County | 665 |
| 26 | Ziebach County | 659 |
| 27 | Hamlin County | 655 |
| 27 | Todd County | 655 |
| 28 | Spink County | 649 |
| 29 | McCook County | 646 |
| 30 | Tripp County | 640 |
| 31 | Fall River County | 639 |
| 32 | Stanley County | 637 |
| 33 | Lawrence County | 634 |
| 33 | Sully County | 634 |
| 34 | Kingsbury County | 630 |
| 35 | Roberts County | 628 |
| 35 | Walworth County | 628 |
| 36 | Hutchinson County | 625 |
| 37 | Douglas County | 621 |
| 38 | Bon Homme County | 609 |
| 39 | Clark County | 608 |
| 40 | Miner County | 607 |
| 41 | Campbell County | 605 |
| 41 | Charles Mix County | 605 |
| 42 | Hand County | 600 |
| 43 | Custer County | 599 |
| 44 | Turner County | 593 |
| 45 | Butte County | 587 |
| 46 | Brule County | 583 |
| 46 | Faulk County | 583 |
| 47 | Sanborn County | 578 |
| 48 | Potter County | 577 |
| 49 | Perkins County | 573 |
| 50 | Aurora County | 568 |
| 51 | Bennett County | 565 |
| 52 | Day County | 558 |
| 53 | McPherson County | 553 |
| 54 | Gregory County | 546 |
| 55 | Lyman County | 536 |
| 56 | Jones County | 519 |
| 57 | Jackson County | 514 |
| 58 | Mellette County | 496 |