What are the main factors that influence an Assistant County Manager's salary?

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

How does experience change An Assistant County Manager's salary?

An Assistant County Manager's salary grows with experience: starting around $43,430 for beginners, reaching about $47,098 at mid-level, and approach $47,268 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Assistant County Manager?

Assistant County Manager salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Assistant County Manager roles are District of Columbia $55,793, California $55,581, Massachusetts $54,840. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Assistant County Manager roles make?

Salaries for Assistant County Manager level roles vary by specialization: Assistant County Counselor: $261,137; Assistant County Counsel: $211,382; County Manager: $152,774; Assistant County Administrator: $107,926; County Market Assistant Manager: $105,946.

Assistant County Manager Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Assistant County Manager make in South Dakota? As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for an Assistant County Manager in South Dakota is $45,795 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $53,588
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $41,232 to $49,874
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $37,077

10% $37,077

50% (Median) $45,795

90% $53,588

Assistant County Manager Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,874	$4,156	$959	$24
Average	$45,795	$3,816	$881	$22
25th Percentile	$41,232	$3,436	$793	$20

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Key Factors That Influence Assistant County Manager Salaries

An Assistant County Manager'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 County Manager Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Assistant County Manager'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): $43,430
Early Career (1-2 years): $44,945
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $47,098
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $47,098
Expert (over 8 years): $47,268

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Assistant County Manager	less than 1 year	$43,430
Early Career Level Assistant County Manager	1-2 years	$44,945
Mid-Level Level Assistant County Manager	2-4 years	$47,098
Senior-Level Level Assistant County Manager	5-8 years	$47,098
Expert Level Assistant County Manager	over 8 years	$47,268

How Do Assistant County Manager 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 County Managers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $55,793.
California: $55,581.
Massachusetts: $54,840.

District of Columbia $55,793 California $55,581 Massachusetts $54,840 Washington $54,639 New Jersey $54,619 Alaska $54,548 Connecticut $53,853 New York $53,570

Hawaii $52,668 Rhode Island $52,245 Maryland $51,958 Minnesota $51,565 Colorado $51,414 Illinois $51,363 Oregon $51,172 Delaware $51,031

New Hampshire $50,942 Virginia $50,744 Pennsylvania $50,164 Nevada $49,872 North Dakota $49,776 Michigan $49,625 Wisconsin $49,569 Vermont $49,459

Texas $49,151 Maine $49,131 Arizona $49,101 Ohio $49,066 Georgia $48,602 Indiana $48,370 Wyoming $48,325 Utah $48,254

Iowa $48,224 Kansas $47,982 Louisiana $47,912 North Carolina $47,886 Missouri $47,876 Florida $47,680 Montana $47,574 Nebraska $47,473

Kentucky $47,418 South Carolina $47,216 Tennessee $47,090 Idaho $47,040 New Mexico $46,672 Oklahoma $46,591 Alabama $46,294 South Dakota $45,795

Arkansas $45,523 West Virginia $45,377 Mississippi $44,939

Top Paying Cities for Assistant County Manager

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: $46,272
Aurora: $46,518
Baltic: $46,018

Alcester, SD $46,272

Aurora, SD $46,518

Baltic, SD $46,018

Beresford, SD $46,154

Brandon, SD $45,924

Brookings, SD $46,604

Burbank, SD $46,108

Canistota, SD $46,176

Canton, SD $46,045

Centerville, SD $46,157

Chancellor, SD $46,040

Chester, SD $46,153

Colman, SD $46,304

Colton, SD $46,112

Crooks, SD $45,993

Davis, SD $46,101

Dell Rapids, SD $46,103

Egan, SD $46,226

Elk Point, SD $45,962

Elkton, SD $46,547

Fairview, SD $46,113

Flandreau, SD $46,376

Freeman, SD $46,326

Garretson, SD $46,026

Gayville, SD $46,403

Harrisburg, SD $45,953

Hartford, SD $46,023

Hudson, SD $46,149

Humboldt, SD $46,089

Hurley, SD $46,158

Irene, SD $46,288

Jefferson, SD $45,790

Lennox, SD $46,040

Lesterville, SD $46,369

Lyons, SD $46,036

Madison, SD $46,395

Marion, SD $46,190

Menno, SD $46,345

Mission Hill, SD $46,380

Monroe, SD $46,140

Belle Fourche, SD $46,318

Black Hawk, SD $44,901

Box Elder, SD $44,959

Buffalo, SD $46,234

Buffalo Gap, SD $45,870

Camp Crook, SD $46,278

Caputa, SD $45,176

Custer, SD $45,772

Deadwood, SD $45,490

Edgemont, SD $46,211

Enning, SD $45,850

Fairburn, SD $45,349

Fort Meade, SD $45,344

Hermosa, SD $45,167

Hill City, SD $45,473

Hot Springs, SD $46,176

Howes, SD $45,952

Interior, SD $46,025

Keystone, SD $45,122

Kyle, SD $46,124

Lead, SD $45,907

Ludlow, SD $46,416

Manderson, SD $46,198

Mud Butte, SD $45,980

Nemo, SD $45,186

Newell, SD $46,069

New Underwood, SD $45,178

Nisland, SD $46,171

Oelrichs, SD $46,080

Oglala, SD $46,160

Oral, SD $46,038

Owanka, SD $45,401

Piedmont, SD $44,934

Pine Ridge, SD $46,247

Porcupine, SD $46,108

Pringle, SD $45,914

Quinn, SD $45,959

Redig, SD $45,905

Saint Onge, SD $46,035

Scenic, SD $45,708

Smithwick, SD $46,096

Spearfish, SD $46,243

Sturgis, SD $45,200

Union Center, SD $45,881

Vale, SD $45,736

Wall, SD $45,892

Wasta, SD $45,660

White Owl, SD $45,973

Whitewood, SD $45,841

Wounded Knee, SD $46,201

Leola, SD $46,474

Long Lake, SD $46,545

Mansfield, SD $46,447

Mellette, SD $46,491

Northville, SD $46,441

Onaka, SD $46,260

Orient, SD $46,330

Pierpont, SD $46,488

Redfield, SD $46,563

Rockham, SD $46,385

Roscoe, SD $46,303

Selby, SD $46,223

Seneca, SD $46,231

Stratford, SD $46,493

Tolstoy, SD $46,234

Tulare, SD $46,498

Turton, SD $46,501

Warner, SD $46,547

Westport, SD $46,483

Pierre, SD $42,454

Agar, SD $43,559

Belvidere, SD $45,958

Blunt, SD $42,454

Burke, SD $46,318

Colome, SD $46,261

Dallas, SD $46,247

Draper, SD $44,820

Fort Pierre, SD $42,579

Gregory, SD $46,297

Hamill, SD $46,182

Harrold, SD $42,702

Hayes, SD $45,485

Herrick, SD $46,292

Holabird, SD $43,665

Ideal, SD $46,170

Kadoka, SD $46,011

Kennebec, SD $45,495

Long Valley, SD $46,009

Lower Brule, SD $45,435

Martin, SD $46,120

Midland, SD $45,860

Milesville, SD $45,889

Mission, SD $46,218

Murdo, SD $45,576

Norris, SD $46,080

Okaton, SD $45,964

Okreek, SD $46,192

Onida, SD $42,871

Parmelee, SD $46,163

Philip, SD $45,956

Presho, SD $45,155

Reliance, SD $46,208

Rosebud, SD $46,269

Saint Charles, SD $46,342

Saint Francis, SD $46,180

Tuthill, SD $46,064

Vivian, SD $44,959

Wanblee, SD $46,095

White River, SD $46,074

Winner, SD $46,218

Witten, SD $46,136

Wood, SD $46,069

Mobridge, SD $46,233

Bison, SD $46,117

Bullhead, SD $46,470

Cherry Creek, SD $45,998

Dupree, SD $46,008

Eagle Butte, SD $46,056

Faith, SD $45,994

Glencross, SD $46,033

Glenham, SD $46,249

Herreid, SD $46,426

Isabel, SD $46,024

Keldron, SD $46,246

Lantry, SD $46,077

Lemmon, SD $46,419

Little Eagle, SD $46,463

Lodgepole, SD $46,294

Mc Intosh, SD $46,316

Mc Laughlin, SD $46,275

Meadow, SD $46,011

Morristown, SD $46,363

Mound City, SD $46,343

Pollock, SD $46,517

Prairie City, SD $46,177

Ralph, SD $46,328

Reva, SD $46,180

Ridgeview, SD $46,078

Timber Lake, SD $46,102

Trail City, SD $46,087

Wakpala, SD $46,276

Walker, SD $46,349

Watauga, SD $46,245

Whitehorse, SD $46,127

Rapid City, SD $44,893

Ellsworth Afb, SD $44,893

Allen, SD $46,119

Batesland, SD $46,138

Montrose, SD $46,177

North Sioux City, SD $45,718

Nunda, SD $46,373

Oldham, SD $46,475

Olivet, SD $46,366

Parker, SD $46,115

Ramona, SD $46,393

Renner, SD $45,964

Rowena, SD $45,933

Rutland, SD $46,332

Salem, SD $46,335

Scotland, SD $46,439

Sinai, SD $46,622

Springfield, SD $46,494

Tabor, SD $46,463

Tea, SD $45,989

Trent, SD $46,164

Tyndall, SD $46,450

Utica, SD $46,370

Valley Springs, SD $45,960

Vermillion, SD $46,380

Viborg, SD $46,276

Volga, SD $46,513

Volin, SD $46,327

Wakonda, SD $46,280

Wentworth, SD $46,315

Winfred, SD $46,338

Worthing, SD $46,033

Yankton, SD $46,558

Sioux Falls, SD $45,921

Vienna, SD $46,597

Wallace, SD $46,569

Waubay, SD $46,547

Webster, SD $46,558

White, SD $46,630

Willow Lake, SD $46,649

Wilmot, SD $46,592

Mitchell, SD $46,600

Alexandria, SD $46,429

Alpena, SD $46,507

Armour, SD $46,411

Artesian, SD $46,500

Avon, SD $46,424

Bonesteel, SD $46,334

Bridgewater, SD $46,304

Canova, SD $46,367

Carpenter, SD $46,615

Carthage, SD $46,511

Cavour, SD $46,572

Chamberlain, SD $46,362

Corsica, SD $46,420

Dante, SD $46,397

Delmont, SD $46,399

Dimock, SD $46,450

Emery, SD $46,381

Ethan, SD $46,475

Fairfax, SD $46,342

Fedora, SD $46,460

Fort Thompson, SD $45,818

Fulton, SD $46,466

Gann Valley, SD $46,266

Geddes, SD $46,353

Harrison, SD $46,388

Highmore, SD $45,495

Stephan, SD $45,697

Hitchcock, SD $46,535

Howard, SD $46,483

Huron, SD $46,694

Iroquois, SD $46,583

Kaylor, SD $46,501

Kimball, SD $46,360

Lake Andes, SD $46,428

Lane, SD $46,604

Letcher, SD $46,479

Marty, SD $46,576

Miller, SD $46,403

Mount Vernon, SD $46,449

New Holland, SD $46,518

Oacoma, SD $46,321

Parkston, SD $46,469

Pickstown, SD $46,499

Plankinton, SD $46,441

Platte, SD $46,362

Pukwana, SD $46,329

Ree Heights, SD $46,098

Saint Lawrence, SD $46,405

Spencer, SD $46,361

Stickney, SD $46,411

Tripp, SD $46,424

Virgil, SD $46,468

Wagner, SD $46,433

Wessington, SD $46,433

Wessington Springs, SD $46,426

White Lake, SD $46,380

Wolsey, SD $46,525

Woonsocket, SD $46,504

Yale, SD $46,610

Aberdeen, SD $46,615

Akaska, SD $46,198

Amherst, SD $46,543

Andover, SD $46,476

Ashton, SD $46,467

Barnard, SD $46,531

Bath, SD $46,517

Bowdle, SD $46,285

Brentford, SD $46,552

Britton, SD $46,674

Claremont, SD $46,504

Columbia, SD $46,448

Conde, SD $46,498

Cresbard, SD $46,383

Doland, SD $46,597

Eureka, SD $46,449

Faulkton, SD $46,379

Ferney, SD $46,667

Frankfort, SD $46,594

Frederick, SD $46,543

Gettysburg, SD $45,943

Groton, SD $46,522

Hecla, SD $46,610

Hosmer, SD $46,375

Houghton, SD $46,413

Hoven, SD $46,248

Ipswich, SD $46,423

Java, SD $46,219

Langford, SD $46,480

Lebanon, SD $46,020

Watertown, SD $46,694

Arlington, SD $46,570

Astoria, SD $46,644

Badger, SD $46,651

Big Stone City, SD $46,719

Bradley, SD $46,554

Brandt, SD $46,612

Bristol, SD $46,517

Bruce, SD $46,562

Bryant, SD $46,629

Castlewood, SD $46,600

Claire City, SD $46,670

Clark, SD $46,634

Clear Lake, SD $46,617

Corona, SD $46,671

De Smet, SD $46,610

Eden, SD $46,527

Erwin, SD $46,581

Estelline, SD $46,592

Florence, SD $46,577

Garden City, SD $46,585

Gary, SD $46,646

Goodwin, SD $46,558

Grenville, SD $46,515

Hayti, SD $46,618

Hazel, SD $46,596

Henry, SD $46,597

Kranzburg, SD $46,771

Labolt, SD $46,562

Lake City, SD $46,605

Lake Norden, SD $46,640

Lake Preston, SD $46,595

Marvin, SD $46,512

Milbank, SD $46,711

New Effington, SD $46,770

Ortley, SD $46,522

Peever, SD $46,585

Raymond, SD $46,608

Revillo, SD $46,590

Rosholt, SD $46,759

Roslyn, SD $46,506

Sisseton, SD $46,613

South Shore, SD $46,526

Stockholm, SD $46,527

Strandburg, SD $46,522

Summit, SD $46,525

Toronto, SD $46,594

Twin Brooks, SD $46,509

Veblen, SD $46,694

Assistant County Manager Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Assistant County Manager'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.

$41,232

Average $45,795/year

$49,874

$3,436

Average $3,816/month

$4,156

$793

Average $881/week

$959

$20

Average $22/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,874	$4,156	$959	$24
Average	$45,795	$3,816	$881	$22
25th Percentile	$41,232	$3,436	$793	$20

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