Application Development Specialist Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Application Development Specialist make in South Dakota?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for an Application Development Specialist in South Dakota is $130,252 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $63.

However, an Application Development Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $146,496
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $121,378 to $138,755
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $113,298

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Application Development Specialist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$138,755	$11,563	$2,668	$67
Average	$130,252	$10,854	$2,505	$63
25th Percentile	$121,378	$10,115	$2,334	$58

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Key Factors That Influence Application Development Specialist Salaries

An Application Development Specialist'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 Application Development Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Application Development Specialist'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): $86,545
Early Career (1-2 years): $111,302
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $130,381
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $151,476
Expert (over 8 years): $121,836

Levels	Salary
Applicati... Level Application Development Specialist	$86,545
Applicati... Level Application Development Specialist	$111,302
Applicati... Level Application Development Specialist	$130,381
Applicati... Level Application Development Specialist	$151,476
Applicati... Level Application Development Specialist	$121,836

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How Do Application Development Specialist 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 Application Development Specialists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $160,417.
California: $159,809.
Massachusetts: $157,679.

District of Columbia $160,417 California $159,809 Massachusetts $157,679 Washington $157,100 New Jersey $157,042 Alaska $156,839 Connecticut $154,839 New York $154,028

Hawaii $151,435 Rhode Island $150,217 Maryland $149,392 Minnesota $148,262 Colorado $147,827 Illinois $147,682 Oregon $147,131 Delaware $146,726

New Hampshire $146,471 Virginia $145,900 Pennsylvania $144,234 Nevada $143,393 North Dakota $143,118 Michigan $142,683 Wisconsin $142,524 Vermont $142,205

Texas $141,321 Maine $141,264 Arizona $141,177 Ohio $141,075 Georgia $139,742 Indiana $139,076 Wyoming $138,945 Utah $138,743

Iowa $138,656 Kansas $137,960 Louisiana $137,757 North Carolina $137,685 Missouri $137,656 Florida $137,091 Montana $136,787 Nebraska $136,497

Kentucky $136,337 South Carolina $135,758 Tennessee $135,396 Idaho $135,251 New Mexico $134,193 Oklahoma $133,961 Alabama $133,106 South Dakota $131,672

Arkansas $130,890 West Virginia $130,470 Mississippi $129,209

Top Paying Cities for Application Development Specialists

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: $129,151
Aurora: $129,339
Baltic: $130,788

Alcester, SD $129,151 Aurora, SD $129,339 Baltic, SD $130,788 Beresford, SD $129,224 Brandon, SD $131,513 Brookings, SD $129,339 Burbank, SD $128,919 Canistota, SD $129,339

Canton, SD $130,499 Centerville, SD $129,339 Chancellor, SD $130,064 Chester, SD $129,339 Colman, SD $129,339 Colton, SD $129,919 Crooks, SD $131,513 Davis, SD $129,339

Dell Rapids, SD $130,209 Egan, SD $129,339 Elk Point, SD $129,441 Elkton, SD $129,339 Fairview, SD $129,484 Flandreau, SD $129,339 Freeman, SD $129,339 Garretson, SD $130,933

Gayville, SD $128,919 Harrisburg, SD $131,513 Hartford, SD $130,788 Hudson, SD $129,224 Humboldt, SD $129,919 Hurley, SD $129,339 Irene, SD $129,339 Jefferson, SD $130,136

Lennox, SD $130,499 Lesterville, SD $129,339 Lyons, SD $131,078 Madison, SD $129,339 Marion, SD $129,339 Menno, SD $129,339 Mission Hill, SD $129,122 Monroe, SD $129,339

Belle Fourche, SD $126,760 Black Hawk, SD $128,934 Box Elder, SD $128,934 Buffalo, SD $126,760 Buffalo Gap, SD $126,760 Camp Crook, SD $126,760 Caputa, SD $128,789 Custer, SD $126,760

Deadwood, SD $126,760 Edgemont, SD $126,760 Enning, SD $126,760 Fairburn, SD $126,760 Fort Meade, SD $126,760 Hermosa, SD $127,920 Hill City, SD $127,195 Hot Springs, SD $126,760

Howes, SD $126,760 Interior, SD $126,760 Keystone, SD $127,775 Kyle, SD $126,760 Lead, SD $126,760 Ludlow, SD $126,760 Manderson, SD $126,760 Mud Butte, SD $126,760

Nemo, SD $127,775 Newell, SD $126,760 New Underwood, SD $127,920 Nisland, SD $126,760 Oelrichs, SD $126,760 Oglala, SD $126,760 Oral, SD $126,760 Owanka, SD $126,760

Piedmont, SD $128,209 Pine Ridge, SD $126,760 Porcupine, SD $126,760 Pringle, SD $126,760 Quinn, SD $126,760 Redig, SD $126,760 Saint Onge, SD $126,760 Scenic, SD $126,760

Smithwick, SD $126,760 Spearfish, SD $126,760 Sturgis, SD $126,760 Union Center, SD $126,760 Vale, SD $126,760 Wall, SD $126,760 Wasta, SD $126,760 White Owl, SD $126,760

Whitewood, SD $126,760 Wounded Knee, SD $126,760 Leola, SD $130,904 Long Lake, SD $130,904 Mansfield, SD $119,893 Mellette, SD $119,893 Northville, SD $119,893 Onaka, SD $119,893

Orient, SD $119,893 Pierpont, SD $137,308 Redfield, SD $119,893 Rockham, SD $119,893 Roscoe, SD $119,893 Selby, SD $119,893 Seneca, SD $119,893 Stratford, SD $119,893

Tolstoy, SD $119,893 Tulare, SD $119,893 Turton, SD $119,893 Warner, SD $119,893 Westport, SD $128,601 Pierre, SD $122,066 Agar, SD $119,893 Belvidere, SD $119,893

Blunt, SD $121,921 Burke, SD $119,893 Colome, SD $119,893 Dallas, SD $119,893 Draper, SD $119,893 Fort Pierre, SD $121,921 Gregory, SD $119,893 Hamill, SD $119,893

Harrold, SD $120,183 Hayes, SD $119,893 Herrick, SD $119,893 Holabird, SD $119,893 Ideal, SD $119,893 Kadoka, SD $123,327 Kennebec, SD $119,893 Long Valley, SD $123,327

Lower Brule, SD $119,893 Martin, SD $126,760 Midland, SD $119,893 Milesville, SD $123,327 Mission, SD $119,893 Murdo, SD $119,893 Norris, SD $119,893 Okaton, SD $119,893

Okreek, SD $119,893 Onida, SD $120,762 Parmelee, SD $119,893 Philip, SD $123,327 Presho, SD $119,893 Reliance, SD $119,893 Rosebud, SD $119,893 Saint Charles, SD $119,893

Saint Francis, SD $119,893 Tuthill, SD $123,327 Vivian, SD $119,893 Wanblee, SD $126,760 White River, SD $119,893 Winner, SD $119,893 Witten, SD $119,893 Wood, SD $119,893

Mobridge, SD $119,893 Bison, SD $126,760 Bullhead, SD $141,916 Cherry Creek, SD $119,893 Dupree, SD $119,893 Eagle Butte, SD $119,893 Faith, SD $126,760 Glencross, SD $119,893

Glenham, SD $119,893 Herreid, SD $141,916 Isabel, SD $119,893 Keldron, SD $141,916 Lantry, SD $119,893 Lemmon, SD $141,916 Little Eagle, SD $141,916 Lodgepole, SD $134,338

Mc Intosh, SD $141,916 Mc Laughlin, SD $141,916 Meadow, SD $134,338 Morristown, SD $141,916 Mound City, SD $130,904 Pollock, SD $141,916 Prairie City, SD $126,760 Ralph, SD $126,760

Reva, SD $126,760 Ridgeview, SD $119,893 Timber Lake, SD $119,893 Trail City, SD $119,893 Wakpala, SD $130,904 Walker, SD $141,916 Watauga, SD $141,916 Whitehorse, SD $119,893

Rapid City, SD $128,934 Ellsworth Afb, SD $128,934 Allen, SD $126,760 Batesland, SD $126,760 Montrose, SD $129,339 North Sioux City, SD $130,223 Nunda, SD $129,339 Oldham, SD $129,339

Olivet, SD $129,339 Parker, SD $129,339 Ramona, SD $129,339 Renner, SD $131,513 Rowena, SD $131,513 Rutland, SD $129,339 Salem, SD $129,339 Scotland, SD $129,339

Sinai, SD $129,339 Springfield, SD $129,122 Tabor, SD $129,122 Tea, SD $131,368 Trent, SD $129,339 Tyndall, SD $129,339 Utica, SD $129,339 Valley Springs, SD $131,368

Vermillion, SD $128,919 Viborg, SD $129,339 Volga, SD $129,339 Volin, SD $129,339 Wakonda, SD $129,339 Wentworth, SD $129,339 Winfred, SD $129,339 Worthing, SD $130,643

Yankton, SD $129,122 Sioux Falls, SD $131,513 Vienna, SD $129,339 Wallace, SD $129,339 Waubay, SD $137,308 Webster, SD $137,308 White, SD $129,339 Willow Lake, SD $129,339

Wilmot, SD $137,308 Mitchell, SD $129,339 Alexandria, SD $129,339 Alpena, SD $124,616 Armour, SD $129,339 Artesian, SD $129,339 Avon, SD $129,339 Bonesteel, SD $124,616

Bridgewater, SD $129,339 Canova, SD $129,339 Carpenter, SD $129,339 Carthage, SD $129,339 Cavour, SD $129,339 Chamberlain, SD $119,893 Corsica, SD $129,339 Dante, SD $129,339

Delmont, SD $129,339 Dimock, SD $129,339 Emery, SD $129,339 Ethan, SD $129,339 Fairfax, SD $124,616 Fedora, SD $129,339 Fort Thompson, SD $119,893 Fulton, SD $129,339

Gann Valley, SD $119,893 Geddes, SD $124,616 Harrison, SD $129,339 Highmore, SD $119,893 Stephan, SD $119,893 Hitchcock, SD $119,893 Howard, SD $129,339 Huron, SD $124,616

Iroquois, SD $129,339 Kaylor, SD $129,339 Kimball, SD $119,893 Lake Andes, SD $129,339 Lane, SD $124,616 Letcher, SD $129,339 Marty, SD $129,339 Miller, SD $119,893

Mount Vernon, SD $129,339 New Holland, SD $124,616 Oacoma, SD $119,893 Parkston, SD $129,339 Pickstown, SD $129,339 Plankinton, SD $124,616 Platte, SD $124,616 Pukwana, SD $119,893

Ree Heights, SD $119,893 Saint Lawrence, SD $119,893 Spencer, SD $129,339 Stickney, SD $129,339 Tripp, SD $129,339 Virgil, SD $119,893 Wagner, SD $129,339 Wessington, SD $119,893

Wessington Springs, SD $119,893 White Lake, SD $119,893 Wolsey, SD $119,893 Woonsocket, SD $129,339 Yale, SD $129,339 Aberdeen, SD $119,893 Akaska, SD $119,893 Amherst, SD $137,308

Andover, SD $137,308 Ashton, SD $119,893 Barnard, SD $128,601 Bath, SD $128,601 Bowdle, SD $119,893 Brentford, SD $119,893 Britton, SD $137,308 Claremont, SD $137,308

Columbia, SD $128,601 Conde, SD $119,893 Cresbard, SD $119,893 Doland, SD $124,616 Eureka, SD $130,904 Faulkton, SD $119,893 Ferney, SD $128,601 Frankfort, SD $119,893

Frederick, SD $137,308 Gettysburg, SD $119,893 Groton, SD $128,601 Hecla, SD $137,308 Hosmer, SD $119,893 Houghton, SD $137,308 Hoven, SD $119,893 Ipswich, SD $119,893

Java, SD $119,893 Langford, SD $137,308 Lebanon, SD $119,893 Watertown, SD $129,339 Arlington, SD $129,339 Astoria, SD $129,339 Badger, SD $129,339 Big Stone City, SD $136,091

Bradley, SD $129,339 Brandt, SD $129,339 Bristol, SD $137,308 Bruce, SD $129,339 Bryant, SD $129,339 Castlewood, SD $129,339 Claire City, SD $137,308 Clark, SD $129,339

Clear Lake, SD $129,339 Corona, SD $137,308 De Smet, SD $129,339 Eden, SD $137,308 Erwin, SD $129,339 Estelline, SD $129,339 Florence, SD $129,339 Garden City, SD $129,339

Gary, SD $129,339 Goodwin, SD $129,339 Grenville, SD $137,308 Hayti, SD $129,339 Hazel, SD $129,339 Henry, SD $129,339 Kranzburg, SD $129,339 Labolt, SD $129,339

Lake City, SD $137,308 Lake Norden, SD $129,339 Lake Preston, SD $129,339 Marvin, SD $133,324 Milbank, SD $136,091 New Effington, SD $137,308 Ortley, SD $137,308 Peever, SD $137,308

Raymond, SD $124,616 Revillo, SD $129,339 Rosholt, SD $137,308 Roslyn, SD $137,308 Sisseton, SD $137,308 South Shore, SD $129,339 Stockholm, SD $129,339 Strandburg, SD $129,339

Summit, SD $133,324 Toronto, SD $129,339 Twin Brooks, SD $133,324 Veblen, SD $137,308

Application Development Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Application Development Specialist'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

$121,378

Average $130,252/year

$138,755

$10,115

Average $10,854/month

$11,563

$2,334

Average $2,505/week

$2,668

$58

Average $63/hour

$67

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$138,755	$11,563	$2,668	$67
Average	$130,252	$10,854	$2,505	$63
25th Percentile	$121,378	$10,115	$2,334	$58

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