Systems Administrator Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Systems Administrator make in South Dakota?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Systems Administrator in South Dakota is $101,287 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $49.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $119,914
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $92,842 to $111,037
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $85,152

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Systems Administrator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$111,037	$9,253	$2,135	$53
Average	$101,287	$8,441	$1,948	$49
25th Percentile	$92,842	$7,737	$1,785	$45

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Key Factors That Influence Systems Administrator Salaries

A Systems Administrator'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 Systems Administrator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Systems Administrator'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): $66,349
Early Career (1-2 years): $84,516
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $100,051
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $116,231
Expert (over 8 years): $136,644

Levels	Salary
Systems A... Level Systems Administrator	$66,349
Systems A... Level Systems Administrator	$84,516
Systems A... Level Systems Administrator	$100,051
Systems A... Level Systems Administrator	$116,231
Systems A... Level Systems Administrator	$136,644

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How Do Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $124,744.
California: $124,271.
Massachusetts: $122,615.

District of Columbia $124,744 California $124,271 Massachusetts $122,615 Washington $122,164 New Jersey $122,119 Alaska $121,961 Connecticut $120,406 New York $119,775

Hawaii $117,759 Rhode Island $116,812 Maryland $116,170 Minnesota $115,291 Colorado $114,953 Illinois $114,841 Oregon $114,413 Delaware $114,097

New Hampshire $113,899 Virginia $113,455 Pennsylvania $112,159 Nevada $111,506 North Dakota $111,292 Michigan $110,954 Wisconsin $110,830 Vermont $110,582

Texas $109,895 Maine $109,850 Arizona $109,782 Ohio $109,703 Georgia $108,667 Indiana $108,148 Wyoming $108,047 Utah $107,889

Iowa $107,822 Kansas $107,281 Louisiana $107,123 North Carolina $107,067 Missouri $107,044 Florida $106,605 Montana $106,368 Nebraska $106,143

Kentucky $106,019 South Carolina $105,568 Tennessee $105,287 Idaho $105,174 New Mexico $104,351 Oklahoma $104,171 Alabama $103,506 South Dakota $102,391

Arkansas $101,783 West Virginia $101,456 Mississippi $100,476

Top Paying Cities for Systems Administrators

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: $100,431
Aurora: $100,577
Baltic: $101,704

Alcester, SD $100,431 Aurora, SD $100,577 Baltic, SD $101,704 Beresford, SD $100,487 Brandon, SD $102,267 Brookings, SD $100,577 Burbank, SD $100,250 Canistota, SD $100,577

Canton, SD $101,478 Centerville, SD $100,577 Chancellor, SD $101,140 Chester, SD $100,577 Colman, SD $100,577 Colton, SD $101,028 Crooks, SD $102,267 Davis, SD $100,577

Dell Rapids, SD $101,253 Egan, SD $100,577 Elk Point, SD $100,656 Elkton, SD $100,577 Fairview, SD $100,690 Flandreau, SD $100,577 Freeman, SD $100,577 Garretson, SD $101,816

Gayville, SD $100,250 Harrisburg, SD $102,267 Hartford, SD $101,704 Hudson, SD $100,487 Humboldt, SD $101,028 Hurley, SD $100,577 Irene, SD $100,577 Jefferson, SD $101,197

Lennox, SD $101,478 Lesterville, SD $100,577 Lyons, SD $101,929 Madison, SD $100,577 Marion, SD $100,577 Menno, SD $100,577 Mission Hill, SD $100,408 Monroe, SD $100,577

Belle Fourche, SD $98,572 Black Hawk, SD $100,262 Box Elder, SD $100,262 Buffalo, SD $98,572 Buffalo Gap, SD $98,572 Camp Crook, SD $98,572 Caputa, SD $100,149 Custer, SD $98,572

Deadwood, SD $98,572 Edgemont, SD $98,572 Enning, SD $98,572 Fairburn, SD $98,572 Fort Meade, SD $98,572 Hermosa, SD $99,473 Hill City, SD $98,910 Hot Springs, SD $98,572

Howes, SD $98,572 Interior, SD $98,572 Keystone, SD $99,360 Kyle, SD $98,572 Lead, SD $98,572 Ludlow, SD $98,572 Manderson, SD $98,572 Mud Butte, SD $98,572

Nemo, SD $99,360 Newell, SD $98,572 New Underwood, SD $99,473 Nisland, SD $98,572 Oelrichs, SD $98,572 Oglala, SD $98,572 Oral, SD $98,572 Owanka, SD $98,572

Piedmont, SD $99,698 Pine Ridge, SD $98,572 Porcupine, SD $98,572 Pringle, SD $98,572 Quinn, SD $98,572 Redig, SD $98,572 Saint Onge, SD $98,572 Scenic, SD $98,572

Smithwick, SD $98,572 Spearfish, SD $98,572 Sturgis, SD $98,572 Union Center, SD $98,572 Vale, SD $98,572 Wall, SD $98,572 Wasta, SD $98,572 White Owl, SD $98,572

Whitewood, SD $98,572 Wounded Knee, SD $98,572 Leola, SD $101,794 Long Lake, SD $101,794 Mansfield, SD $93,231 Mellette, SD $93,231 Northville, SD $93,231 Onaka, SD $93,231

Orient, SD $93,231 Pierpont, SD $106,774 Redfield, SD $93,231 Rockham, SD $93,231 Roscoe, SD $93,231 Selby, SD $93,231 Seneca, SD $93,231 Stratford, SD $93,231

Tolstoy, SD $93,231 Tulare, SD $93,231 Turton, SD $93,231 Warner, SD $93,231 Westport, SD $100,003 Pierre, SD $94,921 Agar, SD $93,231 Belvidere, SD $93,231

Blunt, SD $94,809 Burke, SD $93,231 Colome, SD $93,231 Dallas, SD $93,231 Draper, SD $93,231 Fort Pierre, SD $94,809 Gregory, SD $93,231 Hamill, SD $93,231

Harrold, SD $93,457 Hayes, SD $93,231 Herrick, SD $93,231 Holabird, SD $93,231 Ideal, SD $93,231 Kadoka, SD $95,901 Kennebec, SD $93,231 Long Valley, SD $95,901

Lower Brule, SD $93,231 Martin, SD $98,572 Midland, SD $93,231 Milesville, SD $95,901 Mission, SD $93,231 Murdo, SD $93,231 Norris, SD $93,231 Okaton, SD $93,231

Okreek, SD $93,231 Onida, SD $93,907 Parmelee, SD $93,231 Philip, SD $95,901 Presho, SD $93,231 Reliance, SD $93,231 Rosebud, SD $93,231 Saint Charles, SD $93,231

Saint Francis, SD $93,231 Tuthill, SD $95,901 Vivian, SD $93,231 Wanblee, SD $98,572 White River, SD $93,231 Winner, SD $93,231 Witten, SD $93,231 Wood, SD $93,231

Mobridge, SD $93,231 Bison, SD $98,572 Bullhead, SD $110,357 Cherry Creek, SD $93,231 Dupree, SD $93,231 Eagle Butte, SD $93,231 Faith, SD $98,572 Glencross, SD $93,231

Glenham, SD $93,231 Herreid, SD $110,357 Isabel, SD $93,231 Keldron, SD $110,357 Lantry, SD $93,231 Lemmon, SD $110,357 Little Eagle, SD $110,357 Lodgepole, SD $104,464

Mc Intosh, SD $110,357 Mc Laughlin, SD $110,357 Meadow, SD $104,464 Morristown, SD $110,357 Mound City, SD $101,794 Pollock, SD $110,357 Prairie City, SD $98,572 Ralph, SD $98,572

Reva, SD $98,572 Ridgeview, SD $93,231 Timber Lake, SD $93,231 Trail City, SD $93,231 Wakpala, SD $101,794 Walker, SD $110,357 Watauga, SD $110,357 Whitehorse, SD $93,231

Rapid City, SD $100,262 Ellsworth Afb, SD $100,262 Allen, SD $98,572 Batesland, SD $98,572 Montrose, SD $100,577 North Sioux City, SD $101,264 Nunda, SD $100,577 Oldham, SD $100,577

Olivet, SD $100,577 Parker, SD $100,577 Ramona, SD $100,577 Renner, SD $102,267 Rowena, SD $102,267 Rutland, SD $100,577 Salem, SD $100,577 Scotland, SD $100,577

Sinai, SD $100,577 Springfield, SD $100,408 Tabor, SD $100,408 Tea, SD $102,154 Trent, SD $100,577 Tyndall, SD $100,577 Utica, SD $100,577 Valley Springs, SD $102,154

Vermillion, SD $100,250 Viborg, SD $100,577 Volga, SD $100,577 Volin, SD $100,577 Wakonda, SD $100,577 Wentworth, SD $100,577 Winfred, SD $100,577 Worthing, SD $101,591

Yankton, SD $100,408 Sioux Falls, SD $102,267 Vienna, SD $100,577 Wallace, SD $100,577 Waubay, SD $106,774 Webster, SD $106,774 White, SD $100,577 Willow Lake, SD $100,577

Wilmot, SD $106,774 Mitchell, SD $100,577 Alexandria, SD $100,577 Alpena, SD $96,904 Armour, SD $100,577 Artesian, SD $100,577 Avon, SD $100,577 Bonesteel, SD $96,904

Bridgewater, SD $100,577 Canova, SD $100,577 Carpenter, SD $100,577 Carthage, SD $100,577 Cavour, SD $100,577 Chamberlain, SD $93,231 Corsica, SD $100,577 Dante, SD $100,577

Delmont, SD $100,577 Dimock, SD $100,577 Emery, SD $100,577 Ethan, SD $100,577 Fairfax, SD $96,904 Fedora, SD $100,577 Fort Thompson, SD $93,231 Fulton, SD $100,577

Gann Valley, SD $93,231 Geddes, SD $96,904 Harrison, SD $100,577 Highmore, SD $93,231 Stephan, SD $93,231 Hitchcock, SD $93,231 Howard, SD $100,577 Huron, SD $96,904

Iroquois, SD $100,577 Kaylor, SD $100,577 Kimball, SD $93,231 Lake Andes, SD $100,577 Lane, SD $96,904 Letcher, SD $100,577 Marty, SD $100,577 Miller, SD $93,231

Mount Vernon, SD $100,577 New Holland, SD $96,904 Oacoma, SD $93,231 Parkston, SD $100,577 Pickstown, SD $100,577 Plankinton, SD $96,904 Platte, SD $96,904 Pukwana, SD $93,231

Ree Heights, SD $93,231 Saint Lawrence, SD $93,231 Spencer, SD $100,577 Stickney, SD $100,577 Tripp, SD $100,577 Virgil, SD $93,231 Wagner, SD $100,577 Wessington, SD $93,231

Wessington Springs, SD $93,231 White Lake, SD $93,231 Wolsey, SD $93,231 Woonsocket, SD $100,577 Yale, SD $100,577 Aberdeen, SD $93,231 Akaska, SD $93,231 Amherst, SD $106,774

Andover, SD $106,774 Ashton, SD $93,231 Barnard, SD $100,003 Bath, SD $100,003 Bowdle, SD $93,231 Brentford, SD $93,231 Britton, SD $106,774 Claremont, SD $106,774

Columbia, SD $100,003 Conde, SD $93,231 Cresbard, SD $93,231 Doland, SD $96,904 Eureka, SD $101,794 Faulkton, SD $93,231 Ferney, SD $100,003 Frankfort, SD $93,231

Frederick, SD $106,774 Gettysburg, SD $93,231 Groton, SD $100,003 Hecla, SD $106,774 Hosmer, SD $93,231 Houghton, SD $106,774 Hoven, SD $93,231 Ipswich, SD $93,231

Java, SD $93,231 Langford, SD $106,774 Lebanon, SD $93,231 Watertown, SD $100,577 Arlington, SD $100,577 Astoria, SD $100,577 Badger, SD $100,577 Big Stone City, SD $105,827

Bradley, SD $100,577 Brandt, SD $100,577 Bristol, SD $106,774 Bruce, SD $100,577 Bryant, SD $100,577 Castlewood, SD $100,577 Claire City, SD $106,774 Clark, SD $100,577

Clear Lake, SD $100,577 Corona, SD $106,774 De Smet, SD $100,577 Eden, SD $106,774 Erwin, SD $100,577 Estelline, SD $100,577 Florence, SD $100,577 Garden City, SD $100,577

Gary, SD $100,577 Goodwin, SD $100,577 Grenville, SD $106,774 Hayti, SD $100,577 Hazel, SD $100,577 Henry, SD $100,577 Kranzburg, SD $100,577 Labolt, SD $100,577

Lake City, SD $106,774 Lake Norden, SD $100,577 Lake Preston, SD $100,577 Marvin, SD $103,675 Milbank, SD $105,827 New Effington, SD $106,774 Ortley, SD $106,774 Peever, SD $106,774

Raymond, SD $96,904 Revillo, SD $100,577 Rosholt, SD $106,774 Roslyn, SD $106,774 Sisseton, SD $106,774 South Shore, SD $100,577 Stockholm, SD $100,577 Strandburg, SD $100,577

Summit, SD $103,675 Toronto, SD $100,577 Twin Brooks, SD $103,675 Veblen, SD $106,774

Systems Administrator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Systems Administrator'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

$92,842

Average $101,287/year

$111,037

$7,737

Average $8,441/month

$9,253

$1,785

Average $1,948/week

$2,135

$45

Average $49/hour

$53

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$111,037	$9,253	$2,135	$53
Average	$101,287	$8,441	$1,948	$49
25th Percentile	$92,842	$7,737	$1,785	$45

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