What are the main factors that influence an Assistant Category Merchant'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 Assistant Category Merchant?

The Aerospace & Defense industry offers the highest average compensation for Assistant Category Merchant roles, with salaries approximately 20% above the market median.

How does experience change An Assistant Category Merchant's salary?

An Assistant Category Merchant's salary grows with experience: starting around $81,739 for beginners, reaching about $83,147 at mid-level, and approach $88,599 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Assistant Category Merchant?

Assistant Category Merchant salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Assistant Category Merchant roles are District of Columbia $105,741, California $105,340, Massachusetts $103,936. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Assistant Category Merchant roles make?

Salaries for Assistant Category Merchant level roles vary by specialization: Assistant Category Manager: $307,177; Assistant Category Marketing Manager: $133,310; Assistant Category Merchandiser: $93,564; Assistant Vice President Merchant Solutions Specialist: $80,806; Assistant Merchant: $79,706.

Assistant Category Merchant Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Assistant Category Merchant make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Assistant Category Merchant in South Dakota is $86,794 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $42.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $103,353
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $79,681 to $95,461
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $73,206

10% $73,206

50% (Median) $86,794

90% $103,353

Assistant Category Merchant Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,461	$7,955	$1,836	$46
Average	$86,794	$7,233	$1,669	$42
25th Percentile	$79,681	$6,640	$1,532	$38

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Key Factors That Influence Assistant Category Merchant Salaries

An Assistant Category Merchant'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 Assistant Category Merchant Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Assistant Category Merchant'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): $81,739
Early Career (1-2 years): $82,280
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $83,147
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $85,590
Expert (over 8 years): $88,599

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Assistant Category Merchant	less than 1 year	$81,739
Early Career Level Assistant Category Merchant	1-2 years	$82,280
Mid-Level Level Assistant Category Merchant	2-4 years	$83,147
Senior-Level Level Assistant Category Merchant	5-8 years	$85,590
Expert Level Assistant Category Merchant	over 8 years	$88,599

How Do Assistant Category Merchant 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 Assistant Category Merchants. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $105,741.
California: $105,340.
Massachusetts: $103,936.

District of Columbia $105,741 California $105,340 Massachusetts $103,936 Washington $103,554 New Jersey $103,516 Alaska $103,383 Connecticut $102,065 New York $101,530

Hawaii $99,820 Rhode Island $99,018 Maryland $98,474 Minnesota $97,729 Colorado $97,442 Illinois $97,347 Oregon $96,984 Delaware $96,716

New Hampshire $96,548 Virginia $96,172 Pennsylvania $95,074 Nevada $94,520 North Dakota $94,338 Michigan $94,052 Wisconsin $93,947 Vermont $93,737

Texas $93,154 Maine $93,116 Arizona $93,059 Ohio $92,992 Georgia $92,113 Indiana $91,674 Wyoming $91,588 Utah $91,454

Iowa $91,397 Kansas $90,938 Louisiana $90,805 North Carolina $90,757 Missouri $90,738 Florida $90,365 Montana $90,165 Nebraska $89,974

Kentucky $89,869 South Carolina $89,487 Tennessee $89,248 Idaho $89,153 New Mexico $88,455 Oklahoma $88,303 Alabama $87,739 South Dakota $86,794

Arkansas $86,278 West Virginia $86,001 Mississippi $85,170

Top Paying Cities for Assistant Category Merchant

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: $87,698
Aurora: $88,164
Baltic: $87,216

Alcester, SD $87,698

Aurora, SD $88,164

Baltic, SD $87,216

Beresford, SD $87,474

Brandon, SD $87,037

Brookings, SD $88,326

Burbank, SD $87,386

Canistota, SD $87,516

Canton, SD $87,267

Centerville, SD $87,479

Chancellor, SD $87,257

Chester, SD $87,473

Colman, SD $87,758

Colton, SD $87,393

Crooks, SD $87,168

Davis, SD $87,372

Dell Rapids, SD $87,376

Egan, SD $87,610

Elk Point, SD $87,110

Elkton, SD $88,218

Fairview, SD $87,395

Flandreau, SD $87,895

Freeman, SD $87,799

Garretson, SD $87,232

Gayville, SD $87,946

Harrisburg, SD $87,093

Hartford, SD $87,226

Hudson, SD $87,465

Humboldt, SD $87,350

Hurley, SD $87,482

Irene, SD $87,728

Jefferson, SD $86,784

Lennox, SD $87,258

Lesterville, SD $87,881

Lyons, SD $87,249

Madison, SD $87,931

Marion, SD $87,541

Menno, SD $87,836

Mission Hill, SD $87,901

Monroe, SD $87,447

Belle Fourche, SD $87,785

Black Hawk, SD $85,099

Box Elder, SD $85,209

Buffalo, SD $87,625

Buffalo Gap, SD $86,936

Camp Crook, SD $87,709

Caputa, SD $85,621

Custer, SD $86,750

Deadwood, SD $86,215

Edgemont, SD $87,581

Enning, SD $86,898

Fairburn, SD $85,947

Fort Meade, SD $85,939

Hermosa, SD $85,604

Hill City, SD $86,183

Hot Springs, SD $87,515

Howes, SD $87,091

Interior, SD $87,230

Keystone, SD $85,519

Kyle, SD $87,416

Lead, SD $87,005

Ludlow, SD $87,970

Manderson, SD $87,558

Mud Butte, SD $87,144

Nemo, SD $85,639

Newell, SD $87,313

New Underwood, SD $85,625

Nisland, SD $87,506

Oelrichs, SD $87,334

Oglala, SD $87,486

Oral, SD $87,254

Owanka, SD $86,046

Piedmont, SD $85,162

Pine Ridge, SD $87,649

Porcupine, SD $87,386

Pringle, SD $87,019

Quinn, SD $87,104

Redig, SD $87,001

Saint Onge, SD $87,248

Scenic, SD $86,629

Smithwick, SD $87,364

Spearfish, SD $87,642

Sturgis, SD $85,666

Union Center, SD $86,956

Vale, SD $86,682

Wall, SD $86,978

Wasta, SD $86,538

White Owl, SD $87,131

Whitewood, SD $86,880

Wounded Knee, SD $87,562

Leola, SD $88,081

Long Lake, SD $88,216

Mansfield, SD $88,029

Mellette, SD $88,112

Northville, SD $88,017

Onaka, SD $87,675

Orient, SD $87,808

Pierpont, SD $88,106

Redfield, SD $88,248

Rockham, SD $87,912

Roscoe, SD $87,756

Selby, SD $87,604

Seneca, SD $87,620

Stratford, SD $88,116

Tolstoy, SD $87,625

Tulare, SD $88,126

Turton, SD $88,131

Warner, SD $88,218

Westport, SD $88,097

Pierre, SD $80,462

Agar, SD $82,555

Belvidere, SD $87,102

Blunt, SD $80,462

Burke, SD $87,784

Colome, SD $87,677

Dallas, SD $87,650

Draper, SD $84,945

Fort Pierre, SD $80,698

Gregory, SD $87,744

Hamill, SD $87,526

Harrold, SD $80,932

Hayes, SD $86,205

Herrick, SD $87,734

Holabird, SD $82,757

Ideal, SD $87,503

Kadoka, SD $87,202

Kennebec, SD $86,225

Long Valley, SD $87,199

Lower Brule, SD $86,112

Martin, SD $87,409

Midland, SD $86,916

Milesville, SD $86,972

Mission, SD $87,596

Murdo, SD $86,378

Norris, SD $87,334

Okaton, SD $87,114

Okreek, SD $87,546

Onida, SD $81,252

Parmelee, SD $87,491

Philip, SD $87,099

Presho, SD $85,581

Reliance, SD $87,576

Rosebud, SD $87,691

Saint Charles, SD $87,830

Saint Francis, SD $87,523

Tuthill, SD $87,304

Vivian, SD $85,209

Wanblee, SD $87,362

White River, SD $87,323

Winner, SD $87,596

Witten, SD $87,439

Wood, SD $87,312

Mobridge, SD $87,623

Bison, SD $87,404

Bullhead, SD $88,073

Cherry Creek, SD $87,178

Dupree, SD $87,197

Eagle Butte, SD $87,287

Faith, SD $87,170

Glencross, SD $87,244

Glenham, SD $87,654

Herreid, SD $87,989

Isabel, SD $87,227

Keldron, SD $87,648

Lantry, SD $87,328

Lemmon, SD $87,976

Little Eagle, SD $88,060

Lodgepole, SD $87,739

Mc Intosh, SD $87,780

Mc Laughlin, SD $87,703

Meadow, SD $87,203

Morristown, SD $87,870

Mound City, SD $87,832

Pollock, SD $88,162

Prairie City, SD $87,517

Ralph, SD $87,803

Reva, SD $87,522

Ridgeview, SD $87,330

Timber Lake, SD $87,374

Trail City, SD $87,347

Wakpala, SD $87,705

Walker, SD $87,844

Watauga, SD $87,645

Whitehorse, SD $87,423

Rapid City, SD $85,084

Ellsworth Afb, SD $85,084

Allen, SD $87,408

Batesland, SD $87,444

Montrose, SD $87,517

North Sioux City, SD $86,647

Nunda, SD $87,888

Oldham, SD $88,082

Olivet, SD $87,876

Parker, SD $87,399

Ramona, SD $87,926

Renner, SD $87,114

Rowena, SD $87,054

Rutland, SD $87,811

Salem, SD $87,816

Scotland, SD $88,013

Sinai, SD $88,361

Springfield, SD $88,118

Tabor, SD $88,060

Tea, SD $87,161

Trent, SD $87,493

Tyndall, SD $88,035

Utica, SD $87,882

Valley Springs, SD $87,107

Vermillion, SD $87,902

Viborg, SD $87,705

Volga, SD $88,155

Volin, SD $87,802

Wakonda, SD $87,712

Wentworth, SD $87,779

Winfred, SD $87,822

Worthing, SD $87,244

Yankton, SD $88,239

Sioux Falls, SD $87,032

Vienna, SD $88,313

Wallace, SD $88,260

Waubay, SD $88,218

Webster, SD $88,240

White, SD $88,376

Willow Lake, SD $88,412

Wilmot, SD $88,304

Mitchell, SD $88,319

Alexandria, SD $87,994

Alpena, SD $88,143

Armour, SD $87,962

Artesian, SD $88,130

Avon, SD $87,985

Bonesteel, SD $87,815

Bridgewater, SD $87,758

Canova, SD $87,877

Carpenter, SD $88,347

Carthage, SD $88,150

Cavour, SD $88,266

Chamberlain, SD $87,868

Corsica, SD $87,978

Dante, SD $87,934

Delmont, SD $87,938

Dimock, SD $88,035

Emery, SD $87,903

Ethan, SD $88,082

Fairfax, SD $87,830

Fedora, SD $88,053

Fort Thompson, SD $86,837

Fulton, SD $88,065

Gann Valley, SD $87,687

Geddes, SD $87,851

Harrison, SD $87,917

Highmore, SD $86,225

Stephan, SD $86,607

Hitchcock, SD $88,196

Howard, SD $88,097

Huron, SD $88,496

Iroquois, SD $88,286

Kaylor, SD $88,131

Kimball, SD $87,864

Lake Andes, SD $87,992

Lane, SD $88,327

Letcher, SD $88,090

Marty, SD $88,274

Miller, SD $87,946

Mount Vernon, SD $88,032

New Holland, SD $88,163

Oacoma, SD $87,790

Parkston, SD $88,070

Pickstown, SD $88,127

Plankinton, SD $88,018

Platte, SD $87,868

Pukwana, SD $87,806

Ree Heights, SD $87,368

Saint Lawrence, SD $87,950

Spencer, SD $87,865

Stickney, SD $87,961

Tripp, SD $87,985

Virgil, SD $88,069

Wagner, SD $88,003

Wessington, SD $88,003

Wessington Springs, SD $87,989

White Lake, SD $87,902

Wolsey, SD $88,176

Woonsocket, SD $88,136

Yale, SD $88,338

Aberdeen, SD $88,346

Akaska, SD $87,558

Amherst, SD $88,211

Andover, SD $88,084

Ashton, SD $88,068

Barnard, SD $88,189

Bath, SD $88,161

Bowdle, SD $87,723

Brentford, SD $88,227

Britton, SD $88,459

Claremont, SD $88,136

Columbia, SD $88,030

Conde, SD $88,125

Cresbard, SD $87,907

Doland, SD $88,313

Eureka, SD $88,033

Faulkton, SD $87,900

Ferney, SD $88,446

Frankfort, SD $88,307

Frederick, SD $88,212

Gettysburg, SD $87,074

Groton, SD $88,171

Hecla, SD $88,338

Hosmer, SD $87,893

Houghton, SD $87,964

Hoven, SD $87,652

Ipswich, SD $87,984

Java, SD $87,598

Langford, SD $88,092

Lebanon, SD $87,220

Watertown, SD $88,496

Arlington, SD $88,261

Astoria, SD $88,402

Badger, SD $88,416

Big Stone City, SD $88,544

Bradley, SD $88,232

Brandt, SD $88,343

Bristol, SD $88,161

Bruce, SD $88,246

Bryant, SD $88,373

Castlewood, SD $88,319

Claire City, SD $88,452

Clark, SD $88,384

Clear Lake, SD $88,350

Corona, SD $88,454

De Smet, SD $88,338

Eden, SD $88,181

Erwin, SD $88,282

Estelline, SD $88,304

Florence, SD $88,276

Garden City, SD $88,291

Gary, SD $88,407

Goodwin, SD $88,239

Grenville, SD $88,158

Hayti, SD $88,352

Hazel, SD $88,312

Henry, SD $88,314

Kranzburg, SD $88,643

Labolt, SD $88,247

Lake City, SD $88,328

Lake Norden, SD $88,394

Lake Preston, SD $88,309

Marvin, SD $88,153

Milbank, SD $88,530

New Effington, SD $88,641

Ortley, SD $88,172

Peever, SD $88,290

Raymond, SD $88,334

Revillo, SD $88,301

Rosholt, SD $88,620

Roslyn, SD $88,141

Sisseton, SD $88,344

South Shore, SD $88,179

Stockholm, SD $88,180

Strandburg, SD $88,171

Summit, SD $88,176

Toronto, SD $88,308

Twin Brooks, SD $88,147

Veblen, SD $88,496

Assistant Category Merchant Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Assistant Category Merchant 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 Aerospace & Defense and Business Services sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Assistant Category Merchant positions in Biotechnology or Transportation typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Assistant Category Merchant as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an Assistant Category Merchant

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Aerospace & Defense	$104,152	$50.0	20%

Assistant Category Merchant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Assistant Category Merchant'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.

$79,681

Average $86,794/year

$95,461

$6,640

Average $7,233/month

$7,955

$1,532

Average $1,669/week

$1,836

$38

Average $42/hour

$46

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,461	$7,955	$1,836	$46
Average	$86,794	$7,233	$1,669	$42
25th Percentile	$79,681	$6,640	$1,532	$38

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