What are the main factors that influence an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist'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 Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist?

The Software & Networking industry offers the highest average compensation for Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist roles, with salaries approximately 20% above the market median.

How does experience change An Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist's salary?

An Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist's salary grows with experience: starting around $50,229 for beginners, reaching about $68,640 at mid-level, and approach $57,053 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist?

Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist roles are District of Columbia $73,180, California $72,902, Massachusetts $71,931. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist roles make?

Salaries for Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist level roles vary by specialization: Apprenticeship Specialist: $55,690.

Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist in South Dakota is $60,067 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $29.

However, an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $77,432
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $54,726 to $69,156
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $49,864

10% $49,864

50% (Median) $60,067

90% $77,432

Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$69,156	$5,763	$1,330	$33
Average	$60,067	$5,006	$1,155	$29
25th Percentile	$54,726	$4,561	$1,052	$26

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Key Factors That Influence Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salaries

An Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist'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 Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist'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): $50,229
Early Career (1-2 years): $58,173
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $68,640
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $92,812
Expert (over 8 years): $57,053

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Client Service Specialist I	less than 1 year	$50,229
Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist	1-2 years	$58,173
Client Service Specialist III	2-4 years	$68,640
Client Service Specialist IV	5-8 years	$92,812
Customer Service Team Leader	over 8 years	$57,053

How Do Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist 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 Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $73,180.
California: $72,902.
Massachusetts: $71,931.

District of Columbia $73,180 California $72,902 Massachusetts $71,931 Washington $71,666 New Jersey $71,640 Alaska $71,547 Connecticut $70,635 New York $70,265

Hawaii $69,082 Rhode Island $68,527 Maryland $68,150 Minnesota $67,634 Colorado $67,436 Illinois $67,370 Oregon $67,119 Delaware $66,934

New Hampshire $66,817 Virginia $66,557 Pennsylvania $65,797 Nevada $65,414 North Dakota $65,288 Michigan $65,090 Wisconsin $65,017 Vermont $64,872

Texas $64,468 Maine $64,442 Arizona $64,402 Ohio $64,356 Georgia $63,748 Indiana $63,444 Wyoming $63,385 Utah $63,292

Iowa $63,252 Kansas $62,935 Louisiana $62,843 North Carolina $62,810 Missouri $62,796 Florida $62,539 Montana $62,400 Nebraska $62,268

Kentucky $62,195 South Carolina $61,930 Tennessee $61,765 Idaho $61,699 New Mexico $61,217 Oklahoma $61,111 Alabama $60,721 South Dakota $60,067

Arkansas $59,710 West Virginia $59,518 Mississippi $58,943

Top Paying Cities for Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist

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: $60,693
Aurora: $61,015
Baltic: $60,359

Alcester, SD $60,693

Aurora, SD $61,015

Baltic, SD $60,359

Beresford, SD $60,537

Brandon, SD $60,235

Brookings, SD $61,127

Burbank, SD $60,476

Canistota, SD $60,566

Canton, SD $60,394

Centerville, SD $60,541

Chancellor, SD $60,387

Chester, SD $60,537

Colman, SD $60,734

Colton, SD $60,482

Crooks, SD $60,326

Davis, SD $60,467

Dell Rapids, SD $60,470

Egan, SD $60,632

Elk Point, SD $60,285

Elkton, SD $61,053

Fairview, SD $60,483

Flandreau, SD $60,829

Freeman, SD $60,763

Garretson, SD $60,370

Gayville, SD $60,864

Harrisburg, SD $60,273

Hartford, SD $60,366

Hudson, SD $60,531

Humboldt, SD $60,452

Hurley, SD $60,543

Irene, SD $60,713

Jefferson, SD $60,060

Lennox, SD $60,388

Lesterville, SD $60,819

Lyons, SD $60,382

Madison, SD $60,854

Marion, SD $60,584

Menno, SD $60,788

Mission Hill, SD $60,833

Monroe, SD $60,519

Belle Fourche, SD $60,753

Black Hawk, SD $58,894

Box Elder, SD $58,970

Buffalo, SD $60,642

Buffalo Gap, SD $60,165

Camp Crook, SD $60,700

Caputa, SD $59,255

Custer, SD $60,036

Deadwood, SD $59,666

Edgemont, SD $60,612

Enning, SD $60,139

Fairburn, SD $59,481

Fort Meade, SD $59,475

Hermosa, SD $59,243

Hill City, SD $59,644

Hot Springs, SD $60,566

Howes, SD $60,272

Interior, SD $60,369

Keystone, SD $59,184

Kyle, SD $60,498

Lead, SD $60,213

Ludlow, SD $60,881

Manderson, SD $60,595

Mud Butte, SD $60,309

Nemo, SD $59,268

Newell, SD $60,426

New Underwood, SD $59,258

Nisland, SD $60,560

Oelrichs, SD $60,441

Oglala, SD $60,546

Oral, SD $60,385

Owanka, SD $59,549

Piedmont, SD $58,938

Pine Ridge, SD $60,659

Porcupine, SD $60,476

Pringle, SD $60,223

Quinn, SD $60,281

Redig, SD $60,210

Saint Onge, SD $60,381

Scenic, SD $59,953

Smithwick, SD $60,461

Spearfish, SD $60,654

Sturgis, SD $59,286

Union Center, SD $60,179

Vale, SD $59,989

Wall, SD $60,194

Wasta, SD $59,889

White Owl, SD $60,300

Whitewood, SD $60,127

Wounded Knee, SD $60,599

Leola, SD $60,958

Long Lake, SD $61,051

Mansfield, SD $60,922

Mellette, SD $60,979

Northville, SD $60,913

Onaka, SD $60,677

Orient, SD $60,769

Pierpont, SD $60,975

Redfield, SD $61,073

Rockham, SD $60,841

Roscoe, SD $60,733

Selby, SD $60,628

Seneca, SD $60,638

Stratford, SD $60,982

Tolstoy, SD $60,642

Tulare, SD $60,989

Turton, SD $60,992

Warner, SD $61,053

Westport, SD $60,969

Pierre, SD $55,685

Agar, SD $57,133

Belvidere, SD $60,280

Blunt, SD $55,685

Burke, SD $60,752

Colome, SD $60,678

Dallas, SD $60,659

Draper, SD $58,787

Fort Pierre, SD $55,848

Gregory, SD $60,724

Hamill, SD $60,574

Harrold, SD $56,010

Hayes, SD $59,659

Herrick, SD $60,718

Holabird, SD $57,273

Ideal, SD $60,558

Kadoka, SD $60,349

Kennebec, SD $59,673

Long Valley, SD $60,347

Lower Brule, SD $59,595

Martin, SD $60,492

Midland, SD $60,151

Milesville, SD $60,190

Mission, SD $60,622

Murdo, SD $59,779

Norris, SD $60,441

Okaton, SD $60,288

Okreek, SD $60,587

Onida, SD $56,231

Parmelee, SD $60,549

Philip, SD $60,278

Presho, SD $59,227

Reliance, SD $60,608

Rosebud, SD $60,688

Saint Charles, SD $60,784

Saint Francis, SD $60,572

Tuthill, SD $60,420

Vivian, SD $58,970

Wanblee, SD $60,460

White River, SD $60,433

Winner, SD $60,622

Witten, SD $60,513

Wood, SD $60,425

Mobridge, SD $60,640

Bison, SD $60,489

Bullhead, SD $60,952

Cherry Creek, SD $60,332

Dupree, SD $60,346

Eagle Butte, SD $60,408

Faith, SD $60,327

Glencross, SD $60,379

Glenham, SD $60,662

Herreid, SD $60,894

Isabel, SD $60,367

Keldron, SD $60,658

Lantry, SD $60,437

Lemmon, SD $60,885

Little Eagle, SD $60,943

Lodgepole, SD $60,721

Mc Intosh, SD $60,749

Mc Laughlin, SD $60,696

Meadow, SD $60,350

Morristown, SD $60,811

Mound City, SD $60,785

Pollock, SD $61,014

Prairie City, SD $60,568

Ralph, SD $60,765

Reva, SD $60,571

Ridgeview, SD $60,438

Timber Lake, SD $60,468

Trail City, SD $60,449

Wakpala, SD $60,697

Walker, SD $60,794

Watauga, SD $60,656

Whitehorse, SD $60,502

Rapid City, SD $58,884

Ellsworth Afb, SD $58,884

Allen, SD $60,492

Batesland, SD $60,517

Montrose, SD $60,567

North Sioux City, SD $59,965

Nunda, SD $60,824

Oldham, SD $60,958

Olivet, SD $60,815

Parker, SD $60,486

Ramona, SD $60,850

Renner, SD $60,288

Rowena, SD $60,247

Rutland, SD $60,770

Salem, SD $60,774

Scotland, SD $60,911

Sinai, SD $61,151

Springfield, SD $60,983

Tabor, SD $60,943

Tea, SD $60,321

Trent, SD $60,550

Tyndall, SD $60,926

Utica, SD $60,820

Valley Springs, SD $60,283

Vermillion, SD $60,834

Viborg, SD $60,697

Volga, SD $61,008

Volin, SD $60,765

Wakonda, SD $60,702

Wentworth, SD $60,749

Winfred, SD $60,778

Worthing, SD $60,379

Yankton, SD $61,067

Sioux Falls, SD $60,232

Vienna, SD $61,118

Wallace, SD $61,081

Waubay, SD $61,053

Webster, SD $61,067

White, SD $61,162

Willow Lake, SD $61,187

Wilmot, SD $61,112

Mitchell, SD $61,122

Alexandria, SD $60,897

Alpena, SD $61,001

Armour, SD $60,875

Artesian, SD $60,991

Avon, SD $60,891

Bonesteel, SD $60,773

Bridgewater, SD $60,734

Canova, SD $60,816

Carpenter, SD $61,142

Carthage, SD $61,005

Cavour, SD $61,086

Chamberlain, SD $60,810

Corsica, SD $60,886

Dante, SD $60,856

Delmont, SD $60,858

Dimock, SD $60,926

Emery, SD $60,835

Ethan, SD $60,958

Fairfax, SD $60,784

Fedora, SD $60,938

Fort Thompson, SD $60,096

Fulton, SD $60,946

Gann Valley, SD $60,685

Geddes, SD $60,798

Harrison, SD $60,844

Highmore, SD $59,673

Stephan, SD $59,938

Hitchcock, SD $61,037

Howard, SD $60,969

Huron, SD $61,245

Iroquois, SD $61,100

Kaylor, SD $60,992

Kimball, SD $60,808

Lake Andes, SD $60,896

Lane, SD $61,128

Letcher, SD $60,963

Marty, SD $61,091

Miller, SD $60,864

Mount Vernon, SD $60,924

New Holland, SD $61,014

Oacoma, SD $60,756

Parkston, SD $60,950

Pickstown, SD $60,989

Plankinton, SD $60,914

Platte, SD $60,810

Pukwana, SD $60,767

Ree Heights, SD $60,464

Saint Lawrence, SD $60,867

Spencer, SD $60,808

Stickney, SD $60,874

Tripp, SD $60,891

Virgil, SD $60,949

Wagner, SD $60,903

Wessington, SD $60,903

Wessington Springs, SD $60,894

White Lake, SD $60,834

Wolsey, SD $61,024

Woonsocket, SD $60,996

Yale, SD $61,135

Aberdeen, SD $61,141

Akaska, SD $60,595

Amherst, SD $61,047

Andover, SD $60,960

Ashton, SD $60,948

Barnard, SD $61,032

Bath, SD $61,013

Bowdle, SD $60,710

Brentford, SD $61,059

Britton, SD $61,219

Claremont, SD $60,996

Columbia, SD $60,923

Conde, SD $60,988

Cresbard, SD $60,837

Doland, SD $61,118

Eureka, SD $60,924

Faulkton, SD $60,832

Ferney, SD $61,210

Frankfort, SD $61,114

Frederick, SD $61,048

Gettysburg, SD $60,261

Groton, SD $61,020

Hecla, SD $61,135

Hosmer, SD $60,827

Houghton, SD $60,877

Hoven, SD $60,661

Ipswich, SD $60,890

Java, SD $60,623

Langford, SD $60,965

Lebanon, SD $60,362

Watertown, SD $61,245

Arlington, SD $61,082

Astoria, SD $61,180

Badger, SD $61,190

Big Stone City, SD $61,278

Bradley, SD $61,062

Brandt, SD $61,139

Bristol, SD $61,013

Bruce, SD $61,072

Bryant, SD $61,160

Castlewood, SD $61,122

Claire City, SD $61,215

Clark, SD $61,167

Clear Lake, SD $61,144

Corona, SD $61,216

De Smet, SD $61,135

Eden, SD $61,027

Erwin, SD $61,097

Estelline, SD $61,112

Florence, SD $61,092

Garden City, SD $61,103

Gary, SD $61,183

Goodwin, SD $61,067

Grenville, SD $61,011

Hayti, SD $61,145

Hazel, SD $61,117

Henry, SD $61,119

Kranzburg, SD $61,346

Labolt, SD $61,073

Lake City, SD $61,129

Lake Norden, SD $61,174

Lake Preston, SD $61,116

Marvin, SD $61,007

Milbank, SD $61,268

New Effington, SD $61,345

Ortley, SD $61,020

Peever, SD $61,102

Raymond, SD $61,133

Revillo, SD $61,110

Rosholt, SD $61,330

Roslyn, SD $60,999

Sisseton, SD $61,139

South Shore, SD $61,026

Stockholm, SD $61,026

Strandburg, SD $61,020

Summit, SD $61,024

Toronto, SD $61,115

Twin Brooks, SD $61,003

Veblen, SD $61,245

Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Software & Networking and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist positions in Hospitality & Leisure or Transportation typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Software & Networking	$72,080	$35.0	20%
Energy & Utilities	$69,077	$33.0	15%
Insurance	$69,077	$33.0	15%
Pharmaceuticals	$69,077	$33.0	15%
Biotechnology	$66,073	$32.0	10%

Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Apprenticeship Quality Assurer/L&D Specialist'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.

$54,726

Average $60,067/year

$69,156

$4,561

Average $5,006/month

$5,763

$1,052

Average $1,155/week

$1,330

$26

Average $29/hour

$33

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$69,156	$5,763	$1,330	$33
Average	$60,067	$5,006	$1,155	$29
25th Percentile	$54,726	$4,561	$1,052	$26

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