Median annual wage
$38,460South DakotaTellers in South Dakota
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
Data availability
Published industry context is limited
The report below shows the available evidence. Missing figures are not estimated.
Occupation pay
What Tellers earn in South Dakota
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
- Middle 50% of published wages
- $37,360 – $44,400
- U.S. median annual wage
- $43,030
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around South Dakota
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Tellers, compared with the South Dakota median of $38,460.
South Dakota median$38,460
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,720+0.7% vs. state
Rapid City, SD$38,630+0.4% vs. state
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,950−3.9% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the South Dakota median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 2.13% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for tellers in South Dakota
The clearest signals from the latest validated occupation-pay data available for this page.
Published occupation pay is below the U.S. median
The published median annual wage for Tellers in South Dakota is $38,460, 10.6% below the U.S. median of $43,030.
BLS OEWS occupation payPublished metro pay varies within the state view
Among published metro estimates, Sioux Falls, SD-MN has the highest median at $38,720, while Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is $36,950. Some metro areas cross state lines.
BLS OEWS metro occupation payIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
Indeed job postings · South Dakota
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
144.4Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Sep 25, 2026
+44.4%Versus the February 2020 baseline
+2.4%Change over about four weeksAug 28, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
-0.3%Industry employmentU.S. +0.3%State data coverage: 2.13%
+1.2%EstablishmentsU.S. +2.1%State data coverage: 2.13%
+4.8%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +7.9%State data coverage: 2.13%
4,266Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 97.8%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards
Industry employment change over time
Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Tellers in South Dakota · percentage change
Year-over-year employment change (%) by reference quarter
Latest published values
- South Dakota · 2026 Q1Not published
Every published quarter
BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the South Dakota series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.
| Quarter | South Dakota | State data coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | -1.3% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | -1.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | -1.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +0.9% Below coverage floor | 2.13% |
| 2025 Q2 | -0.4% | 99.94% |
| 2025 Q3 | -0.4% | 99.94% |
| 2025 Q4 | +0.3% | 99.94% |
| 2026 Q1 | -0.3% Below coverage floor | 2.13% |
Industry mix behind this view
Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.
| Industry group | Share of occupation employment | Local employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial activities | 97.7% | Not published | 4,266 | $2,029 |
| Professional and business services | 2.0% | -0.5% | 8,444 | $1,671 |
| Private education and health services | 0.1% | +2.6% | 3,633 | $1,327 |
| Other services | 0.1% | +1.2% | 2,602 | $918 |
| State and local Suppressed by BLS | 0.1% | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
| Leisure and hospitality | 0.0% | -0.2% | 3,400 | $456 |
The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.
QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.
Evidence record
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Tellers
- SOC code
- 43-3071
- State
- South Dakota
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -0.3%State data coverage 2.13%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +0.3%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.7 percentage points
- Establishments, year over year
- +1.2%State data coverage 2.13%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.8%State data coverage 2.13%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Calculation date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/south-dakota#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
AI & this occupation
How AI relates to Tellers work
Across 4 independent exposure measures, Tellers sits in the higher third of U.S. occupations for technical AI exposure. Exposure describes how much of the work current AI could technically assist with; it is not a forecast of job loss.
Observed use of Claude for this occupation's tasks is in the middle third of occupations in the Anthropic Economic Index, which reflects real AI conversations rather than technical potential.
JobMarketHealth has not measured an AI effect on this occupation's employment or wages, and these figures do not enter its scores; there is no clear evidence of displacement in the data shown here.
Exposure measures (kept separate)
- GPTs are GPTs exposure (β, GPT-4 rated): 0.54 of 1, national percentile 86 (higher third)
- Microsoft AI applicability: 0.25 of 1, national percentile 80 (higher third)
- AIOE (Felten, Raj & Seamans): 0.47 (standardized), national percentile 62 (middle third)
- OECD AI Capability Gap (lower gap = higher potential exposure): gap 0.3 of 23, national percentile 97 (higher third)
OECD capability gap by domain
As published by the OECD: the gap between what the occupation demands (0-5) and current AI capability in each domain. A lower gap means AI is closer to the requirement (higher potential exposure); 0 means AI already meets it or the domain is not relevant.
- Language: gap 0.00 (demand 3.00 of 5)
- Social interaction: gap 0.60 (demand 2.60 of 5)
- Problem solving: gap 0.05 (demand 2.05 of 5)
- Creativity: gap 0.00 (demand 0.85 of 5)
- Metacognition & critical thinking: gap 0.00 (demand 2.00 of 5)
- Knowledge, learning & memory: gap 0.00 (demand 1.55 of 5)
- Vision: gap 0.00 (demand 1.85 of 5)
- Manipulation: gap 0.00 (demand 1.65 of 5)
- Robotic intelligence: gap 0.00 (demand 0.70 of 5)
National context: what businesses used generative AI for
From the Census 2025-26 BTOS AI Supplement (all industries; businesses whose employees used generative AI). Census did not measure Tellers specifically.
- Writing or editing documents, emails, or communications: 85.4%
- Searching for information or technical help: 49.9%
- Interpreting, analyzing, translating, or summarizing documents: 44.6%
- Information processing, paperwork, or filing: 34.7%
South Dakota context
In the Census BTOS core AI-use question, an estimated 27.2% of South Dakota employer businesses reported using AI in the two weeks ending 2026-09-06 (U.S.: 23.8%).
Separately, the one-time 2025-26 BTOS AI Supplement (collected 2025-11-17 to 2026-02-08) found 15.2% of South Dakota businesses using AI at that time, and 20.8% reporting that employees used generative AI for work tasks in the prior six months. It describes how AI was being used then, not a trend.
Weighting each occupation's national exposure rank by South Dakota employment (OEWS May 2025), 28.1% of covered jobs are in occupations in the higher-exposure third. This describes the state's occupation mix, not a measured AI effect.
Exposure and observed usage are separate measures and neither equals job loss. Census BTOS figures are business-level surveys and are not occupation-specific. Sources: GPTs are GPTs occupation exposure; Microsoft Working with AI: AI applicability; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE); OECD AI Exposure Measure (AI Capability Gap); Anthropic Economic Index; Census BTOS Core AI Use; Census BTOS AI Supplement 2025-26. These figures do not affect Job Market Health scores. Explore AI & Jobs · How we use AI data.
How to read this page
QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Tellers. These figures describe the industries that employ Tellers; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.
Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Tellers report and about the data.
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