What are the main factors that influence an Academic English Teacher's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change An Academic English Teacher's salary?

An Academic English Teacher's salary grows with experience: starting around $46,438 for beginners, reaching about $48,536 at mid-level, and approach $51,540 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Academic English Teacher?

Academic English Teacher salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Academic English Teacher roles are District of Columbia $60,352, California $60,123, Massachusetts $59,322. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Academic English Teacher roles make?

Salaries for Academic English Teacher level roles vary by specialization: Academic English Instructor: $65,972; Academic English Lecturer: $64,434; English Teacher: $62,768; English Language Teacher: $58,840; Secondary English Teacher: $58,513.

Academic English Teacher Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Academic English Teacher make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Academic English Teacher in South Dakota is $49,538 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

However, an Academic English Teacher's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $63,312
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $44,478 to $56,748
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $39,871

10% $39,871

50% (Median) $49,538

90% $63,312

Academic English Teacher Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,748	$4,729	$1,091	$27
Average	$49,538	$4,128	$953	$24
25th Percentile	$44,478	$3,706	$855	$21

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Key Factors That Influence Academic English Teacher Salaries

An Academic English Teacher's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Academic English Teacher Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Academic English Teacher's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $46,438
Early Career (1-2 years): $46,583
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $48,536
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $51,340
Expert (over 8 years): $51,540

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Academic English Teacher	less than 1 year	$46,438
Early Career Level Academic English Teacher	1-2 years	$46,583
Mid-Level Level Academic English Teacher	2-4 years	$48,536
Senior-Level Level Academic English Teacher	5-8 years	$51,340
Expert Level Academic English Teacher	over 8 years	$51,540

How Do Academic English Teacher Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Academic English Teachers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $60,352.
California: $60,123.
Massachusetts: $59,322.

District of Columbia $60,352 California $60,123 Massachusetts $59,322 Washington $59,104 New Jersey $59,082 Alaska $59,006 Connecticut $58,254 New York $57,948

Hawaii $56,973 Rhode Island $56,515 Maryland $56,204 Minnesota $55,779 Colorado $55,615 Illinois $55,561 Oregon $55,354 Delaware $55,201

New Hampshire $55,105 Virginia $54,890 Pennsylvania $54,264 Nevada $53,947 North Dakota $53,844 Michigan $53,680 Wisconsin $53,620 Vermont $53,500

Texas $53,168 Maine $53,146 Arizona $53,113 Ohio $53,075 Georgia $52,574 Indiana $52,323 Wyoming $52,274 Utah $52,198

Iowa $52,165 Kansas $51,903 Louisiana $51,827 North Carolina $51,800 Missouri $51,789 Florida $51,576 Montana $51,462 Nebraska $51,353

Kentucky $51,293 South Carolina $51,075 Tennessee $50,938 Idaho $50,884 New Mexico $50,486 Oklahoma $50,399 Alabama $50,077 South Dakota $49,538

Arkansas $49,243 West Virginia $49,085 Mississippi $48,611

Top Paying Cities for Academic English Teacher

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $50,054
Aurora: $50,320
Baltic: $49,779

Alcester, SD $50,054

Aurora, SD $50,320

Baltic, SD $49,779

Beresford, SD $49,926

Brandon, SD $49,677

Brookings, SD $50,412

Burbank, SD $49,876

Canistota, SD $49,950

Canton, SD $49,808

Centerville, SD $49,929

Chancellor, SD $49,802

Chester, SD $49,925

Colman, SD $50,088

Colton, SD $49,880

Crooks, SD $49,751

Davis, SD $49,868

Dell Rapids, SD $49,870

Egan, SD $50,004

Elk Point, SD $49,718

Elkton, SD $50,351

Fairview, SD $49,881

Flandreau, SD $50,166

Freeman, SD $50,112

Garretson, SD $49,788

Gayville, SD $50,196

Harrisburg, SD $49,708

Hartford, SD $49,785

Hudson, SD $49,921

Humboldt, SD $49,855

Hurley, SD $49,931

Irene, SD $50,071

Jefferson, SD $49,532

Lennox, SD $49,803

Lesterville, SD $50,158

Lyons, SD $49,798

Madison, SD $50,187

Marion, SD $49,964

Menno, SD $50,132

Mission Hill, SD $50,170

Monroe, SD $49,910

Belle Fourche, SD $50,103

Black Hawk, SD $48,571

Box Elder, SD $48,633

Buffalo, SD $50,012

Buffalo Gap, SD $49,619

Camp Crook, SD $50,060

Caputa, SD $48,868

Custer, SD $49,513

Deadwood, SD $49,207

Edgemont, SD $49,987

Enning, SD $49,597

Fairburn, SD $49,055

Fort Meade, SD $49,050

Hermosa, SD $48,858

Hill City, SD $49,189

Hot Springs, SD $49,949

Howes, SD $49,707

Interior, SD $49,787

Keystone, SD $48,810

Kyle, SD $49,893

Lead, SD $49,658

Ludlow, SD $50,209

Manderson, SD $49,974

Mud Butte, SD $49,738

Nemo, SD $48,879

Newell, SD $49,834

New Underwood, SD $48,870

Nisland, SD $49,944

Oelrichs, SD $49,846

Oglala, SD $49,933

Oral, SD $49,800

Owanka, SD $49,111

Piedmont, SD $48,607

Pine Ridge, SD $50,026

Porcupine, SD $49,876

Pringle, SD $49,666

Quinn, SD $49,715

Redig, SD $49,656

Saint Onge, SD $49,797

Scenic, SD $49,444

Smithwick, SD $49,863

Spearfish, SD $50,022

Sturgis, SD $48,894

Union Center, SD $49,630

Vale, SD $49,474

Wall, SD $49,643

Wasta, SD $49,392

White Owl, SD $49,730

Whitewood, SD $49,587

Wounded Knee, SD $49,976

Leola, SD $50,272

Long Lake, SD $50,349

Mansfield, SD $50,243

Mellette, SD $50,290

Northville, SD $50,236

Onaka, SD $50,041

Orient, SD $50,116

Pierpont, SD $50,287

Redfield, SD $50,368

Rockham, SD $50,176

Roscoe, SD $50,087

Selby, SD $50,000

Seneca, SD $50,009

Stratford, SD $50,293

Tolstoy, SD $50,012

Tulare, SD $50,298

Turton, SD $50,301

Warner, SD $50,351

Westport, SD $50,282

Pierre, SD $45,924

Agar, SD $47,118

Belvidere, SD $49,714

Blunt, SD $45,924

Burke, SD $50,103

Colome, SD $50,042

Dallas, SD $50,027

Draper, SD $48,482

Fort Pierre, SD $46,058

Gregory, SD $50,080

Hamill, SD $49,956

Harrold, SD $46,192

Hayes, SD $49,202

Herrick, SD $50,075

Holabird, SD $47,234

Ideal, SD $49,943

Kadoka, SD $49,771

Kennebec, SD $49,213

Long Valley, SD $49,769

Lower Brule, SD $49,148

Martin, SD $49,889

Midland, SD $49,607

Milesville, SD $49,640

Mission, SD $49,995

Murdo, SD $49,300

Norris, SD $49,846

Okaton, SD $49,720

Okreek, SD $49,967

Onida, SD $46,374

Parmelee, SD $49,936

Philip, SD $49,712

Presho, SD $48,845

Reliance, SD $49,984

Rosebud, SD $50,050

Saint Charles, SD $50,129

Saint Francis, SD $49,954

Tuthill, SD $49,829

Vivian, SD $48,633

Wanblee, SD $49,862

White River, SD $49,840

Winner, SD $49,995

Witten, SD $49,906

Wood, SD $49,834

Mobridge, SD $50,011

Bison, SD $49,886

Bullhead, SD $50,268

Cherry Creek, SD $49,757

Dupree, SD $49,768

Eagle Butte, SD $49,819

Faith, SD $49,752

Glencross, SD $49,795

Glenham, SD $50,029

Herreid, SD $50,220

Isabel, SD $49,785

Keldron, SD $50,025

Lantry, SD $49,843

Lemmon, SD $50,212

Little Eagle, SD $50,260

Lodgepole, SD $50,077

Mc Intosh, SD $50,101

Mc Laughlin, SD $50,057

Meadow, SD $49,771

Morristown, SD $50,152

Mound City, SD $50,130

Pollock, SD $50,319

Prairie City, SD $49,951

Ralph, SD $50,114

Reva, SD $49,953

Ridgeview, SD $49,844

Timber Lake, SD $49,869

Trail City, SD $49,853

Wakpala, SD $50,058

Walker, SD $50,137

Watauga, SD $50,024

Whitehorse, SD $49,897

Rapid City, SD $48,562

Ellsworth Afb, SD $48,562

Allen, SD $49,888

Batesland, SD $49,909

Montrose, SD $49,950

North Sioux City, SD $49,454

Nunda, SD $50,162

Oldham, SD $50,273

Olivet, SD $50,155

Parker, SD $49,883

Ramona, SD $50,184

Renner, SD $49,720

Rowena, SD $49,686

Rutland, SD $50,118

Salem, SD $50,121

Scotland, SD $50,234

Sinai, SD $50,432

Springfield, SD $50,294

Tabor, SD $50,260

Tea, SD $49,747

Trent, SD $49,937

Tyndall, SD $50,246

Utica, SD $50,159

Valley Springs, SD $49,716

Vermillion, SD $50,170

Viborg, SD $50,058

Volga, SD $50,314

Volin, SD $50,113

Wakonda, SD $50,062

Wentworth, SD $50,100

Winfred, SD $50,125

Worthing, SD $49,795

Yankton, SD $50,362

Sioux Falls, SD $49,674

Vienna, SD $50,405

Wallace, SD $50,374

Waubay, SD $50,351

Webster, SD $50,363

White, SD $50,441

Willow Lake, SD $50,462

Wilmot, SD $50,400

Mitchell, SD $50,408

Alexandria, SD $50,223

Alpena, SD $50,308

Armour, SD $50,204

Artesian, SD $50,300

Avon, SD $50,218

Bonesteel, SD $50,120

Bridgewater, SD $50,088

Canova, SD $50,156

Carpenter, SD $50,424

Carthage, SD $50,312

Cavour, SD $50,378

Chamberlain, SD $50,151

Corsica, SD $50,214

Dante, SD $50,188

Delmont, SD $50,191

Dimock, SD $50,246

Emery, SD $50,171

Ethan, SD $50,273

Fairfax, SD $50,129

Fedora, SD $50,257

Fort Thompson, SD $49,562

Fulton, SD $50,263

Gann Valley, SD $50,047

Geddes, SD $50,141

Harrison, SD $50,179

Highmore, SD $49,213

Stephan, SD $49,431

Hitchcock, SD $50,338

Howard, SD $50,282

Huron, SD $50,509

Iroquois, SD $50,390

Kaylor, SD $50,301

Kimball, SD $50,149

Lake Andes, SD $50,222

Lane, SD $50,413

Letcher, SD $50,277

Marty, SD $50,382

Miller, SD $50,196

Mount Vernon, SD $50,245

New Holland, SD $50,319

Oacoma, SD $50,106

Parkston, SD $50,266

Pickstown, SD $50,299

Plankinton, SD $50,236

Platte, SD $50,151

Pukwana, SD $50,115

Ree Heights, SD $49,865

Saint Lawrence, SD $50,198

Spencer, SD $50,149

Stickney, SD $50,204

Tripp, SD $50,218

Virgil, SD $50,265

Wagner, SD $50,228

Wessington, SD $50,228

Wessington Springs, SD $50,220

White Lake, SD $50,170

Wolsey, SD $50,327

Woonsocket, SD $50,304

Yale, SD $50,419

Aberdeen, SD $50,424

Akaska, SD $49,974

Amherst, SD $50,347

Andover, SD $50,274

Ashton, SD $50,265

Barnard, SD $50,334

Bath, SD $50,318

Bowdle, SD $50,068

Brentford, SD $50,356

Britton, SD $50,488

Claremont, SD $50,304

Columbia, SD $50,243

Conde, SD $50,297

Cresbard, SD $50,173

Doland, SD $50,405

Eureka, SD $50,245

Faulkton, SD $50,169

Ferney, SD $50,481

Frankfort, SD $50,402

Frederick, SD $50,347

Gettysburg, SD $49,698

Groton, SD $50,324

Hecla, SD $50,419

Hosmer, SD $50,165

Houghton, SD $50,206

Hoven, SD $50,028

Ipswich, SD $50,217

Java, SD $49,997

Langford, SD $50,279

Lebanon, SD $49,781

Watertown, SD $50,509

Arlington, SD $50,375

Astoria, SD $50,456

Badger, SD $50,464

Big Stone City, SD $50,537

Bradley, SD $50,358

Brandt, SD $50,422

Bristol, SD $50,318

Bruce, SD $50,367

Bryant, SD $50,439

Castlewood, SD $50,408

Claire City, SD $50,484

Clark, SD $50,445

Clear Lake, SD $50,426

Corona, SD $50,486

De Smet, SD $50,419

Eden, SD $50,330

Erwin, SD $50,387

Estelline, SD $50,400

Florence, SD $50,384

Garden City, SD $50,392

Gary, SD $50,458

Goodwin, SD $50,362

Grenville, SD $50,317

Hayti, SD $50,427

Hazel, SD $50,404

Henry, SD $50,405

Kranzburg, SD $50,593

Labolt, SD $50,367

Lake City, SD $50,414

Lake Norden, SD $50,451

Lake Preston, SD $50,403

Marvin, SD $50,313

Milbank, SD $50,529

New Effington, SD $50,592

Ortley, SD $50,324

Peever, SD $50,392

Raymond, SD $50,417

Revillo, SD $50,398

Rosholt, SD $50,580

Roslyn, SD $50,307

Sisseton, SD $50,422

South Shore, SD $50,329

Stockholm, SD $50,329

Strandburg, SD $50,324

Summit, SD $50,327

Toronto, SD $50,402

Twin Brooks, SD $50,310

Veblen, SD $50,509

Academic English Teacher Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Academic English Teacher's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$44,478

Average $49,538/year

$56,748

$3,706

Average $4,128/month

$4,729

$855

Average $953/week

$1,091

$21

Average $24/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,748	$4,729	$1,091	$27
Average	$49,538	$4,128	$953	$24
25th Percentile	$44,478	$3,706	$855	$21

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