Packaging Engineer Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Packaging Engineer make in South Dakota?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Packaging Engineer in South Dakota is $95,868 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $46.

However, a Packaging Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $113,922
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $87,396 to $105,318
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $79,683

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Packaging Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$105,318	$8,777	$2,025	$51
Average	$95,868	$7,989	$1,844	$46
25th Percentile	$87,396	$7,283	$1,681	$42

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Key Factors That Influence Packaging Engineer Salaries

A Packaging Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Packaging Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Packaging Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $70,681
Early Career (1-2 years): $80,588
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $95,706
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $117,887
Expert (over 8 years): $147,903

Levels	Salary
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$70,681
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$80,588
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$95,706
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$117,887
Packaging... Level Packaging Engineer	$147,903

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How Do Packaging Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Packaging Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $118,070.
California: $117,622.
Massachusetts: $116,055.

District of Columbia $118,070 California $117,622 Massachusetts $116,055 Washington $115,628 New Jersey $115,585 Alaska $115,436 Connecticut $113,965 New York $113,367

Hawaii $111,459 Rhode Island $110,563 Maryland $109,955 Minnesota $109,123 Colorado $108,803 Illinois $108,697 Oregon $108,291 Delaware $107,993

New Hampshire $107,805 Virginia $107,385 Pennsylvania $106,159 Nevada $105,540 North Dakota $105,338 Michigan $105,018 Wisconsin $104,900 Vermont $104,666

Texas $104,015 Maine $103,973 Arizona $103,909 Ohio $103,834 Georgia $102,853 Indiana $102,362 Wyoming $102,266 Utah $102,117

Iowa $102,053 Kansas $101,541 Louisiana $101,392 North Carolina $101,339 Missouri $101,317 Florida $100,901 Montana $100,677 Nebraska $100,464

Kentucky $100,347 South Carolina $99,920 Tennessee $99,654 Idaho $99,547 New Mexico $98,769 Oklahoma $98,598 Alabama $97,969 South Dakota $96,913

Arkansas $96,337 West Virginia $96,028 Mississippi $95,100

Top Paying Cities for Packaging Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $95,058
Aurora: $95,196
Baltic: $96,263

Alcester, SD $95,058 Aurora, SD $95,196 Baltic, SD $96,263 Beresford, SD $95,111 Brandon, SD $96,796 Brookings, SD $95,196 Burbank, SD $94,887 Canistota, SD $95,196

Canton, SD $96,049 Centerville, SD $95,196 Chancellor, SD $95,729 Chester, SD $95,196 Colman, SD $95,196 Colton, SD $95,623 Crooks, SD $96,796 Davis, SD $95,196

Dell Rapids, SD $95,836 Egan, SD $95,196 Elk Point, SD $95,271 Elkton, SD $95,196 Fairview, SD $95,303 Flandreau, SD $95,196 Freeman, SD $95,196 Garretson, SD $96,369

Gayville, SD $94,887 Harrisburg, SD $96,796 Hartford, SD $96,263 Hudson, SD $95,111 Humboldt, SD $95,623 Hurley, SD $95,196 Irene, SD $95,196 Jefferson, SD $95,783

Lennox, SD $96,049 Lesterville, SD $95,196 Lyons, SD $96,476 Madison, SD $95,196 Marion, SD $95,196 Menno, SD $95,196 Mission Hill, SD $95,036 Monroe, SD $95,196

Belle Fourche, SD $93,298 Black Hawk, SD $94,898 Box Elder, SD $94,898 Buffalo, SD $93,298 Buffalo Gap, SD $93,298 Camp Crook, SD $93,298 Caputa, SD $94,791 Custer, SD $93,298

Deadwood, SD $93,298 Edgemont, SD $93,298 Enning, SD $93,298 Fairburn, SD $93,298 Fort Meade, SD $93,298 Hermosa, SD $94,151 Hill City, SD $93,618 Hot Springs, SD $93,298

Howes, SD $93,298 Interior, SD $93,298 Keystone, SD $94,044 Kyle, SD $93,298 Lead, SD $93,298 Ludlow, SD $93,298 Manderson, SD $93,298 Mud Butte, SD $93,298

Nemo, SD $94,044 Newell, SD $93,298 New Underwood, SD $94,151 Nisland, SD $93,298 Oelrichs, SD $93,298 Oglala, SD $93,298 Oral, SD $93,298 Owanka, SD $93,298

Piedmont, SD $94,364 Pine Ridge, SD $93,298 Porcupine, SD $93,298 Pringle, SD $93,298 Quinn, SD $93,298 Redig, SD $93,298 Saint Onge, SD $93,298 Scenic, SD $93,298

Smithwick, SD $93,298 Spearfish, SD $93,298 Sturgis, SD $93,298 Union Center, SD $93,298 Vale, SD $93,298 Wall, SD $93,298 Wasta, SD $93,298 White Owl, SD $93,298

Whitewood, SD $93,298 Wounded Knee, SD $93,298 Leola, SD $96,348 Long Lake, SD $96,348 Mansfield, SD $88,243 Mellette, SD $88,243 Northville, SD $88,243 Onaka, SD $88,243

Orient, SD $88,243 Pierpont, SD $101,061 Redfield, SD $88,243 Rockham, SD $88,243 Roscoe, SD $88,243 Selby, SD $88,243 Seneca, SD $88,243 Stratford, SD $88,243

Tolstoy, SD $88,243 Tulare, SD $88,243 Turton, SD $88,243 Warner, SD $88,243 Westport, SD $94,652 Pierre, SD $89,843 Agar, SD $88,243 Belvidere, SD $88,243

Blunt, SD $89,736 Burke, SD $88,243 Colome, SD $88,243 Dallas, SD $88,243 Draper, SD $88,243 Fort Pierre, SD $89,736 Gregory, SD $88,243 Hamill, SD $88,243

Harrold, SD $88,457 Hayes, SD $88,243 Herrick, SD $88,243 Holabird, SD $88,243 Ideal, SD $88,243 Kadoka, SD $90,771 Kennebec, SD $88,243 Long Valley, SD $90,771

Lower Brule, SD $88,243 Martin, SD $93,298 Midland, SD $88,243 Milesville, SD $90,771 Mission, SD $88,243 Murdo, SD $88,243 Norris, SD $88,243 Okaton, SD $88,243

Okreek, SD $88,243 Onida, SD $88,883 Parmelee, SD $88,243 Philip, SD $90,771 Presho, SD $88,243 Reliance, SD $88,243 Rosebud, SD $88,243 Saint Charles, SD $88,243

Saint Francis, SD $88,243 Tuthill, SD $90,771 Vivian, SD $88,243 Wanblee, SD $93,298 White River, SD $88,243 Winner, SD $88,243 Witten, SD $88,243 Wood, SD $88,243

Mobridge, SD $88,243 Bison, SD $93,298 Bullhead, SD $104,452 Cherry Creek, SD $88,243 Dupree, SD $88,243 Eagle Butte, SD $88,243 Faith, SD $93,298 Glencross, SD $88,243

Glenham, SD $88,243 Herreid, SD $104,452 Isabel, SD $88,243 Keldron, SD $104,452 Lantry, SD $88,243 Lemmon, SD $104,452 Little Eagle, SD $104,452 Lodgepole, SD $98,875

Mc Intosh, SD $104,452 Mc Laughlin, SD $104,452 Meadow, SD $98,875 Morristown, SD $104,452 Mound City, SD $96,348 Pollock, SD $104,452 Prairie City, SD $93,298 Ralph, SD $93,298

Reva, SD $93,298 Ridgeview, SD $88,243 Timber Lake, SD $88,243 Trail City, SD $88,243 Wakpala, SD $96,348 Walker, SD $104,452 Watauga, SD $104,452 Whitehorse, SD $88,243

Rapid City, SD $94,898 Ellsworth Afb, SD $94,898 Allen, SD $93,298 Batesland, SD $93,298 Montrose, SD $95,196 North Sioux City, SD $95,847 Nunda, SD $95,196 Oldham, SD $95,196

Olivet, SD $95,196 Parker, SD $95,196 Ramona, SD $95,196 Renner, SD $96,796 Rowena, SD $96,796 Rutland, SD $95,196 Salem, SD $95,196 Scotland, SD $95,196

Sinai, SD $95,196 Springfield, SD $95,036 Tabor, SD $95,036 Tea, SD $96,689 Trent, SD $95,196 Tyndall, SD $95,196 Utica, SD $95,196 Valley Springs, SD $96,689

Vermillion, SD $94,887 Viborg, SD $95,196 Volga, SD $95,196 Volin, SD $95,196 Wakonda, SD $95,196 Wentworth, SD $95,196 Winfred, SD $95,196 Worthing, SD $96,156

Yankton, SD $95,036 Sioux Falls, SD $96,796 Vienna, SD $95,196 Wallace, SD $95,196 Waubay, SD $101,061 Webster, SD $101,061 White, SD $95,196 Willow Lake, SD $95,196

Wilmot, SD $101,061 Mitchell, SD $95,196 Alexandria, SD $95,196 Alpena, SD $91,720 Armour, SD $95,196 Artesian, SD $95,196 Avon, SD $95,196 Bonesteel, SD $91,720

Bridgewater, SD $95,196 Canova, SD $95,196 Carpenter, SD $95,196 Carthage, SD $95,196 Cavour, SD $95,196 Chamberlain, SD $88,243 Corsica, SD $95,196 Dante, SD $95,196

Delmont, SD $95,196 Dimock, SD $95,196 Emery, SD $95,196 Ethan, SD $95,196 Fairfax, SD $91,720 Fedora, SD $95,196 Fort Thompson, SD $88,243 Fulton, SD $95,196

Gann Valley, SD $88,243 Geddes, SD $91,720 Harrison, SD $95,196 Highmore, SD $88,243 Stephan, SD $88,243 Hitchcock, SD $88,243 Howard, SD $95,196 Huron, SD $91,720

Iroquois, SD $95,196 Kaylor, SD $95,196 Kimball, SD $88,243 Lake Andes, SD $95,196 Lane, SD $91,720 Letcher, SD $95,196 Marty, SD $95,196 Miller, SD $88,243

Mount Vernon, SD $95,196 New Holland, SD $91,720 Oacoma, SD $88,243 Parkston, SD $95,196 Pickstown, SD $95,196 Plankinton, SD $91,720 Platte, SD $91,720 Pukwana, SD $88,243

Ree Heights, SD $88,243 Saint Lawrence, SD $88,243 Spencer, SD $95,196 Stickney, SD $95,196 Tripp, SD $95,196 Virgil, SD $88,243 Wagner, SD $95,196 Wessington, SD $88,243

Wessington Springs, SD $88,243 White Lake, SD $88,243 Wolsey, SD $88,243 Woonsocket, SD $95,196 Yale, SD $95,196 Aberdeen, SD $88,243 Akaska, SD $88,243 Amherst, SD $101,061

Andover, SD $101,061 Ashton, SD $88,243 Barnard, SD $94,652 Bath, SD $94,652 Bowdle, SD $88,243 Brentford, SD $88,243 Britton, SD $101,061 Claremont, SD $101,061

Columbia, SD $94,652 Conde, SD $88,243 Cresbard, SD $88,243 Doland, SD $91,720 Eureka, SD $96,348 Faulkton, SD $88,243 Ferney, SD $94,652 Frankfort, SD $88,243

Frederick, SD $101,061 Gettysburg, SD $88,243 Groton, SD $94,652 Hecla, SD $101,061 Hosmer, SD $88,243 Houghton, SD $101,061 Hoven, SD $88,243 Ipswich, SD $88,243

Java, SD $88,243 Langford, SD $101,061 Lebanon, SD $88,243 Watertown, SD $95,196 Arlington, SD $95,196 Astoria, SD $95,196 Badger, SD $95,196 Big Stone City, SD $100,166

Bradley, SD $95,196 Brandt, SD $95,196 Bristol, SD $101,061 Bruce, SD $95,196 Bryant, SD $95,196 Castlewood, SD $95,196 Claire City, SD $101,061 Clark, SD $95,196

Clear Lake, SD $95,196 Corona, SD $101,061 De Smet, SD $95,196 Eden, SD $101,061 Erwin, SD $95,196 Estelline, SD $95,196 Florence, SD $95,196 Garden City, SD $95,196

Gary, SD $95,196 Goodwin, SD $95,196 Grenville, SD $101,061 Hayti, SD $95,196 Hazel, SD $95,196 Henry, SD $95,196 Kranzburg, SD $95,196 Labolt, SD $95,196

Lake City, SD $101,061 Lake Norden, SD $95,196 Lake Preston, SD $95,196 Marvin, SD $98,129 Milbank, SD $100,166 New Effington, SD $101,061 Ortley, SD $101,061 Peever, SD $101,061

Raymond, SD $91,720 Revillo, SD $95,196 Rosholt, SD $101,061 Roslyn, SD $101,061 Sisseton, SD $101,061 South Shore, SD $95,196 Stockholm, SD $95,196 Strandburg, SD $95,196

Summit, SD $98,129 Toronto, SD $95,196 Twin Brooks, SD $98,129 Veblen, SD $101,061

Packaging Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Packaging Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$87,396

Average $95,868/year

$105,318

$7,283

Average $7,989/month

$8,777

$1,681

Average $1,844/week

$2,025

$42

Average $46/hour

$51

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$105,318	$8,777	$2,025	$51
Average	$95,868	$7,989	$1,844	$46
25th Percentile	$87,396	$7,283	$1,681	$42

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