What are the main factors that influence an Ambulatory Care Assistant's salary?

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

What industry pays the highest salary for Ambulatory Care Assistant?

The Healthcare industry offers the highest average compensation for Ambulatory Care Assistant roles, with salaries approximately 20% above the market median.

How does experience change An Ambulatory Care Assistant's salary?

An Ambulatory Care Assistant's salary grows with experience: starting around $40,480 for beginners, reaching about $41,746 at mid-level, and approach $42,028 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Ambulatory Care Assistant?

Ambulatory Care Assistant salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Ambulatory Care Assistant roles are District of Columbia $50,722, California $50,529, Massachusetts $49,856. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Ambulatory Care Assistant roles make?

Salaries for Ambulatory Care Assistant level roles vary by specialization: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist: $148,262; Ambulatory Care Manager: $146,552; Ambulatory Care Nurse: $118,758; NP - Ambulatory Care: $116,801; Nurse Practitioner - Ambulatory Care: $116,750.

Ambulatory Care Assistant Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Ambulatory Care Assistant make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Ambulatory Care Assistant in South Dakota is $41,633 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

However, an Ambulatory Care Assistant's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $49,390
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $37,778 to $45,693
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $34,268

10% $34,268

50% (Median) $41,633

90% $49,390

Ambulatory Care Assistant Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,693	$3,808	$879	$22
Average	$41,633	$3,469	$801	$20
25th Percentile	$37,778	$3,148	$726	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Ambulatory Care Assistant Salaries

An Ambulatory Care Assistant'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 Ambulatory Care Assistant Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Ambulatory Care Assistant'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): $40,480
Early Career (1-2 years): $40,900
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $41,746
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $41,915
Expert (over 8 years): $42,028

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Ambulatory Care Assistant	less than 1 year	$40,480
Early Career Level Ambulatory Care Assistant	1-2 years	$40,900
Mid-Level Level Ambulatory Care Assistant	2-4 years	$41,746
Senior-Level Level Ambulatory Care Assistant	5-8 years	$41,915
Expert Level Ambulatory Care Assistant	over 8 years	$42,028

How Do Ambulatory Care Assistant 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 Ambulatory Care Assistants. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $50,722.
California: $50,529.
Massachusetts: $49,856.

District of Columbia $50,722 California $50,529 Massachusetts $49,856 Washington $49,673 New Jersey $49,654 Alaska $49,590 Connecticut $48,958 New York $48,701

Hawaii $47,881 Rhode Island $47,497 Maryland $47,236 Minnesota $46,878 Colorado $46,741 Illinois $46,695 Oregon $46,521 Delaware $46,393

New Hampshire $46,312 Virginia $46,131 Pennsylvania $45,605 Nevada $45,339 North Dakota $45,252 Michigan $45,114 Wisconsin $45,064 Vermont $44,963

Texas $44,684 Maine $44,666 Arizona $44,638 Ohio $44,606 Georgia $44,185 Indiana $43,974 Wyoming $43,933 Utah $43,868

Iowa $43,841 Kansas $43,621 Louisiana $43,557 North Carolina $43,534 Missouri $43,525 Florida $43,346 Montana $43,250 Nebraska $43,158

Kentucky $43,108 South Carolina $42,925 Tennessee $42,810 Idaho $42,764 New Mexico $42,430 Oklahoma $42,357 Alabama $42,086 South Dakota $41,633

Arkansas $41,385 West Virginia $41,253 Mississippi $40,854

Top Paying Cities for Ambulatory Care Assistant

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: $42,067
Aurora: $42,290
Baltic: $41,835

Alcester, SD $42,067

Aurora, SD $42,290

Baltic, SD $41,835

Beresford, SD $41,959

Brandon, SD $41,750

Brookings, SD $42,368

Burbank, SD $41,917

Canistota, SD $41,979

Canton, SD $41,860

Centerville, SD $41,962

Chancellor, SD $41,855

Chester, SD $41,959

Colman, SD $42,096

Colton, SD $41,921

Crooks, SD $41,812

Davis, SD $41,910

Dell Rapids, SD $41,912

Egan, SD $42,025

Elk Point, SD $41,784

Elkton, SD $42,316

Fairview, SD $41,921

Flandreau, SD $42,161

Freeman, SD $42,115

Garretson, SD $41,843

Gayville, SD $42,186

Harrisburg, SD $41,776

Hartford, SD $41,840

Hudson, SD $41,955

Humboldt, SD $41,900

Hurley, SD $41,963

Irene, SD $42,081

Jefferson, SD $41,628

Lennox, SD $41,855

Lesterville, SD $42,155

Lyons, SD $41,851

Madison, SD $42,178

Marion, SD $41,992

Menno, SD $42,133

Mission Hill, SD $42,164

Monroe, SD $41,946

Belle Fourche, SD $42,108

Black Hawk, SD $40,820

Box Elder, SD $40,873

Buffalo, SD $42,032

Buffalo Gap, SD $41,701

Camp Crook, SD $42,072

Caputa, SD $41,070

Custer, SD $41,612

Deadwood, SD $41,355

Edgemont, SD $42,011

Enning, SD $41,683

Fairburn, SD $41,227

Fort Meade, SD $41,223

Hermosa, SD $41,062

Hill City, SD $41,340

Hot Springs, SD $41,979

Howes, SD $41,775

Interior, SD $41,842

Keystone, SD $41,021

Kyle, SD $41,932

Lead, SD $41,734

Ludlow, SD $42,197

Manderson, SD $41,999

Mud Butte, SD $41,801

Nemo, SD $41,079

Newell, SD $41,882

New Underwood, SD $41,072

Nisland, SD $41,975

Oelrichs, SD $41,892

Oglala, SD $41,965

Oral, SD $41,854

Owanka, SD $41,274

Piedmont, SD $40,850

Pine Ridge, SD $42,043

Porcupine, SD $41,917

Pringle, SD $41,741

Quinn, SD $41,782

Redig, SD $41,732

Saint Onge, SD $41,851

Scenic, SD $41,554

Smithwick, SD $41,906

Spearfish, SD $42,040

Sturgis, SD $41,092

Union Center, SD $41,711

Vale, SD $41,579

Wall, SD $41,721

Wasta, SD $41,510

White Owl, SD $41,795

Whitewood, SD $41,675

Wounded Knee, SD $42,002

Leola, SD $42,250

Long Lake, SD $42,315

Mansfield, SD $42,226

Mellette, SD $42,265

Northville, SD $42,220

Onaka, SD $42,056

Orient, SD $42,119

Pierpont, SD $42,262

Redfield, SD $42,331

Rockham, SD $42,169

Roscoe, SD $42,095

Selby, SD $42,022

Seneca, SD $42,029

Stratford, SD $42,267

Tolstoy, SD $42,032

Tulare, SD $42,272

Turton, SD $42,274

Warner, SD $42,316

Westport, SD $42,258

Pierre, SD $38,596

Agar, SD $39,600

Belvidere, SD $41,781

Blunt, SD $38,596

Burke, SD $42,108

Colome, SD $42,057

Dallas, SD $42,044

Draper, SD $40,746

Fort Pierre, SD $38,709

Gregory, SD $42,089

Hamill, SD $41,984

Harrold, SD $38,821

Hayes, SD $41,351

Herrick, SD $42,084

Holabird, SD $39,696

Ideal, SD $41,973

Kadoka, SD $41,829

Kennebec, SD $41,360

Long Valley, SD $41,827

Lower Brule, SD $41,306

Martin, SD $41,928

Midland, SD $41,691

Milesville, SD $41,719

Mission, SD $42,018

Murdo, SD $41,434

Norris, SD $41,892

Okaton, SD $41,786

Okreek, SD $41,994

Onida, SD $38,974

Parmelee, SD $41,967

Philip, SD $41,779

Presho, SD $41,051

Reliance, SD $42,008

Rosebud, SD $42,063

Saint Charles, SD $42,130

Saint Francis, SD $41,983

Tuthill, SD $41,877

Vivian, SD $40,873

Wanblee, SD $41,905

White River, SD $41,887

Winner, SD $42,018

Witten, SD $41,943

Wood, SD $41,882

Mobridge, SD $42,030

Bison, SD $41,926

Bullhead, SD $42,247

Cherry Creek, SD $41,817

Dupree, SD $41,826

Eagle Butte, SD $41,870

Faith, SD $41,813

Glencross, SD $41,849

Glenham, SD $42,046

Herreid, SD $42,206

Isabel, SD $41,841

Keldron, SD $42,043

Lantry, SD $41,889

Lemmon, SD $42,200

Little Eagle, SD $42,240

Lodgepole, SD $42,086

Mc Intosh, SD $42,106

Mc Laughlin, SD $42,069

Meadow, SD $41,829

Morristown, SD $42,149

Mound City, SD $42,131

Pollock, SD $42,289

Prairie City, SD $41,980

Ralph, SD $42,117

Reva, SD $41,982

Ridgeview, SD $41,890

Timber Lake, SD $41,911

Trail City, SD $41,898

Wakpala, SD $42,070

Walker, SD $42,137

Watauga, SD $42,041

Whitehorse, SD $41,935

Rapid City, SD $40,813

Ellsworth Afb, SD $40,813

Allen, SD $41,927

Batesland, SD $41,945

Montrose, SD $41,980

North Sioux City, SD $41,563

Nunda, SD $42,158

Oldham, SD $42,251

Olivet, SD $42,152

Parker, SD $41,923

Ramona, SD $42,176

Renner, SD $41,786

Rowena, SD $41,758

Rutland, SD $42,121

Salem, SD $42,123

Scotland, SD $42,218

Sinai, SD $42,385

Springfield, SD $42,268

Tabor, SD $42,240

Tea, SD $41,809

Trent, SD $41,968

Tyndall, SD $42,228

Utica, SD $42,155

Valley Springs, SD $41,783

Vermillion, SD $42,165

Viborg, SD $42,070

Volga, SD $42,286

Volin, SD $42,117

Wakonda, SD $42,074

Wentworth, SD $42,106

Winfred, SD $42,126

Worthing, SD $41,849

Yankton, SD $42,326

Sioux Falls, SD $41,747

Vienna, SD $42,362

Wallace, SD $42,336

Waubay, SD $42,316

Webster, SD $42,326

White, SD $42,392

Willow Lake, SD $42,409

Wilmot, SD $42,358

Mitchell, SD $42,364

Alexandria, SD $42,209

Alpena, SD $42,280

Armour, SD $42,193

Artesian, SD $42,274

Avon, SD $42,205

Bonesteel, SD $42,123

Bridgewater, SD $42,096

Canova, SD $42,152

Carpenter, SD $42,378

Carthage, SD $42,283

Cavour, SD $42,339

Chamberlain, SD $42,148

Corsica, SD $42,201

Dante, SD $42,180

Delmont, SD $42,182

Dimock, SD $42,228

Emery, SD $42,165

Ethan, SD $42,251

Fairfax, SD $42,130

Fedora, SD $42,237

Fort Thompson, SD $41,653

Fulton, SD $42,243

Gann Valley, SD $42,061

Geddes, SD $42,140

Harrison, SD $42,172

Highmore, SD $41,360

Stephan, SD $41,544

Hitchcock, SD $42,305

Howard, SD $42,258

Huron, SD $42,450

Iroquois, SD $42,349

Kaylor, SD $42,274

Kimball, SD $42,146

Lake Andes, SD $42,208

Lane, SD $42,369

Letcher, SD $42,255

Marty, SD $42,343

Miller, SD $42,186

Mount Vernon, SD $42,227

New Holland, SD $42,290

Oacoma, SD $42,111

Parkston, SD $42,245

Pickstown, SD $42,272

Plankinton, SD $42,220

Platte, SD $42,148

Pukwana, SD $42,118

Ree Heights, SD $41,908

Saint Lawrence, SD $42,188

Spencer, SD $42,147

Stickney, SD $42,193

Tripp, SD $42,205

Virgil, SD $42,244

Wagner, SD $42,213

Wessington, SD $42,213

Wessington Springs, SD $42,206

White Lake, SD $42,165

Wolsey, SD $42,296

Woonsocket, SD $42,277

Yale, SD $42,374

Aberdeen, SD $42,378

Akaska, SD $41,999

Amherst, SD $42,313

Andover, SD $42,252

Ashton, SD $42,244

Barnard, SD $42,302

Bath, SD $42,289

Bowdle, SD $42,079

Brentford, SD $42,320

Britton, SD $42,432

Claremont, SD $42,277

Columbia, SD $42,226

Conde, SD $42,271

Cresbard, SD $42,167

Doland, SD $42,362

Eureka, SD $42,227

Faulkton, SD $42,163

Ferney, SD $42,425

Frankfort, SD $42,359

Frederick, SD $42,313

Gettysburg, SD $41,768

Groton, SD $42,293

Hecla, SD $42,374

Hosmer, SD $42,160

Houghton, SD $42,194

Hoven, SD $42,045

Ipswich, SD $42,204

Java, SD $42,019

Langford, SD $42,256

Lebanon, SD $41,838

Watertown, SD $42,450

Arlington, SD $42,337

Astoria, SD $42,404

Badger, SD $42,411

Big Stone City, SD $42,473

Bradley, SD $42,323

Brandt, SD $42,376

Bristol, SD $42,289

Bruce, SD $42,330

Bryant, SD $42,391

Castlewood, SD $42,364

Claire City, SD $42,429

Clark, SD $42,396

Clear Lake, SD $42,380

Corona, SD $42,430

De Smet, SD $42,374

Eden, SD $42,298

Erwin, SD $42,347

Estelline, SD $42,358

Florence, SD $42,344

Garden City, SD $42,351

Gary, SD $42,407

Goodwin, SD $42,326

Grenville, SD $42,287

Hayti, SD $42,380

Hazel, SD $42,361

Henry, SD $42,362

Kranzburg, SD $42,520

Labolt, SD $42,330

Lake City, SD $42,369

Lake Norden, SD $42,401

Lake Preston, SD $42,360

Marvin, SD $42,285

Milbank, SD $42,466

New Effington, SD $42,519

Ortley, SD $42,294

Peever, SD $42,351

Raymond, SD $42,372

Revillo, SD $42,356

Rosholt, SD $42,509

Roslyn, SD $42,279

Sisseton, SD $42,376

South Shore, SD $42,298

Stockholm, SD $42,298

Strandburg, SD $42,293

Summit, SD $42,296

Toronto, SD $42,359

Twin Brooks, SD $42,282

Veblen, SD $42,450

Ambulatory Care Assistant Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Ambulatory Care Assistant roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Healthcare, offers compensation 20% above the average. Conversely, Ambulatory Care Assistant positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Ambulatory Care Assistant as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an Ambulatory Care Assistant

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Healthcare	$49,959	$24.0	20%

Ambulatory Care Assistant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Ambulatory Care Assistant'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.

$37,778

Average $41,633/year

$45,693

$3,148

Average $3,469/month

$3,808

$726

Average $801/week

$879

$18

Average $20/hour

$22

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$45,693	$3,808	$879	$22
Average	$41,633	$3,469	$801	$20
25th Percentile	$37,778	$3,148	$726	$18

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