Physician Salary in South Dakota

Median annual base pay is $243,300 across 54 reported Physician salaries in South Dakota.

Updated 27 August 2026

Salary Distribution (By Percentile)

P10	P25	Median	P75	P90
$66,000	$67,500	$243,300	$320,000	$472,500

City	Median	Reports
Sioux Falls	$154,900	43

Employer	Median	Reports
Avera McKennan	$320,000	14
Sanford School Of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency	$67,500	21

Setting	Median	Reports
Hospital (Community)	$315,000	9
Hospital (Academic/Teaching)	$67,500	21

Level	Common titles	Median	Reports
Junior / Early Career	Resident (PGY2-3)	$66,000	19
Senior	Fellow · Clinical Instructor	—	2
Lead / Expert	Attending Physician · Staff Physician · Assistant Professor	$320,000	25

Specialty	Median	Reports
Hospital Medicine - Adult	$320,000	8

The median Physician salary in South Dakota is $243,300 per year, based on 54 reported salaries.

Sioux Falls has the highest median at $154,900 per year, of the cities with enough reports to publish a median.

$320,000 per year at the median — $76,700 above the Physician median in South Dakota.

Of the employers with enough reports to publish a median, Avera McKennan is highest at $320,000 per year.