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Electrician salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN area earn a median of $61,470 a year, or $29.55 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,860. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $61,390; Sioux Falls is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$61,470
Bottom 10% under$46,150Top 10% over$80,860
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.19/hr
Jobs in this area
1,330
After cost of living
$67,820
Median hourly pay
$29.55/hr
vs U.S. median
−3%
vs South Dakota median
0%
Mean (average) pay
$62,220 a year · $29.91 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43620, Sioux Falls, SD-MN). Excludes self-employed electricians. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What electricians in Sioux Falls, SD-MN earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$22.19$46,150
25th percentile$23.98$49,870
Median (50th)$29.55$61,470
75th percentile$35.70$74,250
90th percentile$38.87$80,860

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Sioux Falls, SD-MN compares

  • Sioux Falls ranks 2nd of 3 South Dakota metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are more concentrated in the Sioux Falls area than nationally: 7.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Sioux Falls or Sioux City?
Sioux City pays more: the median is $61,470 in Sioux Falls and $73,910 in Sioux City, a 17% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2111 (Electricians), area code 43620 (Sioux Falls, SD-MN). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed electricians and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (90.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures