Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2017 Q1
Updated on December 31, 2023.
According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2017 Q1, the average weekly wage for South Dakota was $819. Among all South Dakota counties, Union County had the highest average weekly wage ($965), followed by Lincoln County ($933), and Minnehaha County ($923).
On the other hand, Mellette County had the lowest average weekly wage ($499), followed by Lyman County ($558), and Bennett County ($574).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
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Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2017 Q1
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| Rank | County | Average Weekly Wage ($) |
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| 1 | Union County | 965 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 933 |
| 3 | Minnehaha County | 923 |
| 4 | Hughes County | 853 |
| 5 | Brookings County | 835 |
| 6 | Pennington County | 814 |
| 7 | Yankton County | 801 |
| 8 | Harding County | 787 |
| 9 | Brown County | 783 |
| 10 | Lake County | 767 |
| 11 | Dewey County | 764 |
| 11 | Grant County | 764 |
| 12 | Davison County | 750 |
| 12 | Meade County | 750 |
| 13 | Beadle County | 746 |
| 13 | Codington County | 746 |
| 13 | Oglala Lakota County | 746 |
| 14 | Buffalo County | 741 |
| 15 | Hyde County | 740 |
| 16 | Jerauld County | 731 |
| 17 | Deuel County | 728 |
| 17 | Marshall County | 728 |
| 18 | Moody County | 727 |
| 19 | Spink County | 712 |
| 20 | Edmunds County | 710 |
| 21 | Custer County | 709 |
| 22 | Clay County | 700 |
| 23 | Kingsbury County | 698 |
| 24 | Haakon County | 693 |
| 25 | Tripp County | 687 |
| 26 | Todd County | 685 |
| 27 | Fall River County | 684 |
| 28 | Corson County | 670 |
| 29 | Hanson County | 668 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 662 |
| 31 | Hamlin County | 659 |
| 32 | McCook County | 648 |
| 33 | Hutchinson County | 646 |
| 34 | Roberts County | 644 |
| 35 | Ziebach County | 640 |
| 36 | Sully County | 637 |
| 37 | Charles Mix County | 635 |
| 37 | Faulk County | 635 |
| 38 | Turner County | 634 |
| 39 | Aurora County | 632 |
| 39 | Potter County | 632 |
| 40 | Bon Homme County | 630 |
| 40 | Walworth County | 630 |
| 41 | Miner County | 624 |
| 42 | Campbell County | 623 |
| 43 | Butte County | 622 |
| 43 | McPherson County | 622 |
| 44 | Douglas County | 619 |
| 45 | Sanborn County | 609 |
| 46 | Perkins County | 603 |
| 47 | Clark County | 591 |
| 47 | Stanley County | 591 |
| 48 | Jones County | 588 |
| 49 | Day County | 587 |
| 50 | Hand County | 580 |
| 51 | Brule County | 579 |
| 52 | Gregory County | 578 |
| 53 | Jackson County | 577 |
| 54 | Bennett County | 574 |
| 55 | Lyman County | 558 |
| 56 | Mellette County | 499 |