Cybersecurity Analyst salary in South Dakota

Official occupation: 15-1212 Information Security Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In South Dakota, the median cybersecurity analyst earns $116,640 a year, 10% below the United States median of $129,180.

It ranks 25th of 48 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $71,610 and the 90th at $161,700 (a ratio of 2.3).

South Dakota has 770 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.37: the role is 37% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in South Dakota is $47,080, so this role pays 2.5 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureSouth DakotaNational
Median annual pay Observed$116,640United States: $129,180
Mean annual pay Observed$120,750United States: $132,510
10th percentile Observed$71,610United States: $75,090
25th percentile Observed$89,810United States: $97,810
75th percentile Observed$161,700United States: $163,500
90th percentile Observed$161,700United States: $199,850
Median hourly pay Observed$56.08United States: $62.11
Employment (jobs) Observed770
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.679
Location quotient Observed1.37
Difference from United States median ($129,180) Derived−10%
Rank among 48 states Derived25
Ratio to South Dakota all-occupation median ($47,080) Derived2.48×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.26

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 23. Iowa$119,710
  2. 24. Pennsylvania$117,770
  3. 25. South Dakota$116,640
  4. 26. Tennessee$115,430
  5. 27. Alaska$114,990

Largest cities in South Dakota: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Brookings, Watertown (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.