Physician Salary in South Dakota

Median annual base pay is $146,578 across 79 reported Physician salaries in South Dakota.

Updated 27 August 2026

Salary Distribution (By Percentile)

P10	P25	Median	P75	P90
$66,000	$74,000	$146,578	$319,300	$469,128

Employer	Median	Reports
Monument Health	$421,768	7
Avera McKennan	$320,000	14
Sanford Clinic	$98,280	24
Sanford School Of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency	$67,500	21

Setting	Median	Reports
Hospital (Community)	$425,000	12
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	35

Specialty	Median	Reports
Hospital Medicine - Adult	$320,000	8
Internal Medicine	$240,178	5

The median Physician salary in South Dakota is $146,578 per year, based on 79 reported salaries.

Aberdeen has the highest median at $425,000 per year, of the cities with enough reports to publish a median.

$320,000 per year at the median — $173,422 above the Physician median in South Dakota.

Of the employers with enough reports to publish a median, Monument Health is highest at $421,768 per year.