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Top 200 Popular Jobs in South Dakota

What professions have the highest employment in South Dakota? In this article we show the top 200 jobs that employ the highest number of people in South Dakota. We note that the total employment in South Dakota is 409,250. The most popular job is the retail salesperson profession, which employs 15,460 people (3.78 percent of the total employment in South Dakota). The second most common job is the cashier profession which employs 12,750 people (3.12 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in South Dakota is computed from data published by BLS in May 2015 [1].

Table 1. 200 Most Popular Jobs in South Dakota

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	409,250	100.00%	$29,880
2	Retail Salespersons	15,460	3.78%	$21,790
3	Cashiers	12,750	3.12%	$18,710
4	Registered Nurses	11,620	2.84%	$52,090
5	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	9,290	2.27%	$29,530
6	Customer Service Representatives	8,900	2.17%	$26,640
7	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	8,390	2.05%	$22,260
8	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	8,160	1.99%	$17,840
9	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	7,550	1.84%	$36,570
10	Waiters and Waitresses	7,440	1.82%	$18,030
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	6,960	1.70%	$23,480
12	Nursing Assistants	6,370	1.56%	$22,610
13	Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	6,200	1.51%	$21,080
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	5,600	1.37%	$25,980
15	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	5,140	1.26%	$49,850
16	Receptionists and Information Clerks	4,590	1.12%	$23,650
17	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	4,420	1.08%	$18,650
18	Office Clerks, General	4,140	1.01%	$22,120
19	Accountants and Auditors	4,110	1.00%	$56,840
20	Carpenters	4,020	0.98%	$32,040
21	Bill and Account Collectors	3,900	0.95%	$29,730
22	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	3,890	0.95%	$39,530
23	General and Operations Managers	3,670	0.90%	$100,910
24	Teacher Assistants	3,510	0.86%	$21,710
25	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	3,490	0.85%	$40,150
26	Food Preparation Workers	3,420	0.84%	$18,660
27	Team Assemblers	3,330	0.81%	$25,340
28	Bartenders	3,170	0.77%	$18,490
29	Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop	3,160	0.77%	$18,340
30	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2,980	0.73%	$33,200
31	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,850	0.70%	$39,530
32	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	2,830	0.69%	$18,350
33	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,660	0.65%	$33,230
34	Childcare Workers	2,530	0.62%	$18,580
35	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	2,430	0.59%	$22,610
36	Fast Food Cooks	2,400	0.59%	$18,240
37	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	2,370	0.58%	$36,070
38	Residential Advisors	2,340	0.57%	$23,400
39	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	2,310	0.56%	$28,170
40	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,260	0.55%	$23,040
41	Management Analysts	2,150	0.53%	$62,490
42	Packers and Packagers	2,110	0.52%	$21,360
43	Tellers	2,070	0.51%	$23,800
44	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2,060	0.50%	$19,830
45	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,010	0.49%	$34,960
46	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,010	0.49%	$40,050
47	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2,000	0.49%	$37,380
48	Insurance Sales Agents	1,980	0.48%	$48,910
49	Personal Care Aides	1,930	0.47%	$20,390
50	Restaurant Cooks	1,890	0.46%	$22,230
51	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,870	0.46%	$36,030
52	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,870	0.46%	$44,130
53	Construction Laborers	1,850	0.45%	$26,350
54	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	1,820	0.44%	$31,750
55	Electricians	1,770	0.43%	$43,590
56	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,770	0.43%	$31,060
57	Parts Salespersons	1,680	0.41%	$31,730
58	Driver/Sales Workers	1,640	0.40%	$24,170
59	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,640	0.40%	$40,900
60	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,630	0.40%	$57,960
61	Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers	1,570	0.38%	$26,430
62	Highway Maintenance Workers	1,570	0.38%	$29,480
63	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	1,560	0.38%	$73,700
64	Dishwashers	1,550	0.38%	$17,850
65	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,550	0.38%	$36,800
66	School or Special Client Bus Drivers	1,500	0.37%	$27,150
67	Loan Officers	1,470	0.36%	$59,840
68	Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	1,460	0.36%	$29,950
69	Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,400	0.34%	$33,800
70	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	1,390	0.34%	$18,520
71	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,350	0.33%	$54,130
72	Security Guards	1,350	0.33%	$23,300
73	Computer User Support Specialists	1,330	0.32%	$36,100
74	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,250	0.31%	$56,180
75	Pharmacy Technicians	1,240	0.30%	$28,760
76	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	1,210	0.30%	$28,680
77	Pharmacists	1,160	0.28%	$110,840
78	Compliance Officers	1,160	0.28%	$46,000
79	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,130	0.28%	$30,820
80	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	1,130	0.28%	$27,990
81	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	1,070	0.26%	$20,410
82	Medical Assistants	1,070	0.26%	$27,570
83	Civil Engineers	1,060	0.26%	$65,620
84	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1,050	0.26%	$44,840
85	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1,040	0.25%	$38,770
86	Human Resources Specialists	1,040	0.25%	$46,960
87	Short Order Cooks	1,020	0.25%	$19,710
88	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,000	0.24%	$30,670
89	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,000	0.24%	$42,690
90	Telemarketers	1,000	0.24%	$25,170
91	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	990	0.24%	$29,090
92	Counter and Rental Clerks	980	0.24%	$20,240
93	Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	980	0.24%	$33,600
94	Radiologic Technologists	980	0.24%	$45,720
95	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	970	0.24%	$65,730
96	Public Relations Specialists	960	0.23%	$43,200
97	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	950	0.23%	$20,130
98	Postal Service Mail Carriers	940	0.23%	$48,940
99	Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	940	0.23%	$27,110
100	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	910	0.22%	$28,300
101	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	900	0.22%	$42,340
102	Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	900	0.22%	$27,810
103	Social and Human Service Assistants	900	0.22%	$22,410
104	Billing and Posting Clerks	890	0.22%	$27,420
105	Machinists	870	0.21%	$35,970
106	Substitute Teachers	870	0.21%	$27,440
107	Applications Software Developers	830	0.20%	$72,700
108	Property, Real Estate Managers	800	0.20%	$33,280
109	Coaches and Scouts	790	0.19%	$29,780
110	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	770	0.19%	$66,510
111	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	770	0.19%	$28,790
112	Dental Assistants	770	0.19%	$32,150
113	Home Health Aides	770	0.19%	$25,440
114	Lawyers	770	0.19%	$85,050
115	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	760	0.19%	$30,050
116	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	760	0.19%	$37,840
117	Computer Network Support Specialists	760	0.19%	$46,700
118	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	740	0.18%	$33,100
119	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	740	0.18%	$37,720
120	Other Business Operations Specialists	740	0.18%	$62,320
121	Chief Executives	740	0.18%	$182,540
122	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	730	0.18%	$50,600
123	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	720	0.18%	$28,500
124	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	710	0.17%	$60,800
125	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	710	0.17%	$50,950
126	Automotive Body and Related Repairers	700	0.17%	$36,370
127	Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	680	0.17%	$27,010
128	Food Service Managers	680	0.17%	$47,740
129	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	670	0.16%	$18,550
130	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	660	0.16%	$27,290
131	Printing Press Operators	660	0.16%	$30,020
132	Legal Secretaries	660	0.16%	$30,690
133	Medical and Health Services Managers	660	0.16%	$89,290
134	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	650	0.16%	$32,530
135	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	650	0.16%	$35,600
136	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	640	0.16%	$82,230
137	Recreation Workers	640	0.16%	$25,850
138	Library Technicians	640	0.16%	$22,940
139	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	640	0.16%	$39,040
140	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	630	0.15%	$37,290
141	Carpenters Helpers	630	0.15%	$20,320
142	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	630	0.15%	$28,740
143	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	620	0.15%	$22,410
144	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	620	0.15%	$32,930
145	Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	620	0.15%	$32,020
146	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	610	0.15%	$41,090
147	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	610	0.15%	$45,700
148	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	600	0.15%	$59,680
149	Medical Transcriptionists	600	0.15%	$29,860
150	Graphic Designers	600	0.15%	$34,390
151	Physical Therapists	590	0.14%	$71,230
152	Financial Managers	590	0.14%	$115,910
153	Advertising Sales Agents	580	0.14%	$43,060
154	Dental Hygienists	580	0.14%	$58,910
155	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	580	0.14%	$72,590
156	Butchers and Meat Cutters	570	0.14%	$28,130
157	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	570	0.14%	$38,160
158	Conveyor Operators and Tenders	560	0.14%	$28,480
159	Structural Iron and Steel Workers	560	0.14%	$37,120
160	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	560	0.14%	$48,090
161	Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	550	0.13%	$21,840
162	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	550	0.13%	$35,480
163	Financial Analysts	550	0.13%	$59,960
164	Training and Development Specialists	550	0.13%	$43,020
165	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	540	0.13%	$36,530
166	Computer Programmers	540	0.13%	$51,630
167	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	540	0.13%	$47,300
168	Sheet Metal Workers	530	0.13%	$34,680
169	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	530	0.13%	$27,770
170	Librarians	530	0.13%	$36,460
171	Computer Systems Analysts	530	0.13%	$65,680
172	Cost Estimators	520	0.13%	$47,990
173	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	510	0.12%	$56,610
174	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	510	0.12%	$56,570
175	Information and Record Clerks, All Other	510	0.12%	$38,120
176	Physician Assistants	510	0.12%	$91,790
177	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	500	0.12%	$28,740
178	Firefighters	500	0.12%	$40,260
179	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	490	0.12%	$41,310
180	Nonfarm Animal Caretakers	480	0.12%	$19,050
181	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	480	0.12%	$22,960
182	Healthcare Social Workers	480	0.12%	$36,690
183	Mechanical Engineers	480	0.12%	$67,010
184	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	470	0.11%	$33,250
185	Surgical Technologists	470	0.11%	$37,650
186	Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	460	0.11%	$23,850
187	Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	460	0.11%	$25,570
188	Secondary School Special Education Teachers	460	0.11%	$40,640
189	Forest and Conservation Workers	450	0.11%	$26,130
190	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	450	0.11%	$35,060
191	Soil and Plant Scientists	450	0.11%	$54,880
192	Industrial Engineers	450	0.11%	$70,720
193	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators	440	0.11%	$34,240
194	Roofers	440	0.11%	$28,070
195	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	440	0.11%	$42,310
196	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	440	0.11%	$39,580
197	Credit Analysts	440	0.11%	$56,050
198	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	430	0.11%	$42,520
199	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	420	0.10%	$51,780
200	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	420	0.10%	$27,210

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