What are the main factors that influence an Assistant Director Career'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 Director Career?

The Government industry offers the highest average compensation for Assistant Director Career roles, with salaries approximately 10% above the market median.

How does experience change An Assistant Director Career's salary?

An Assistant Director Career's salary grows with experience: starting around $63,851 for beginners, reaching about $67,115 at mid-level, and approach $74,311 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Assistant Director Career?

Assistant Director Career salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Assistant Director Career roles are District of Columbia $88,949, California $88,612, Massachusetts $87,431. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Assistant Director Career roles make?

Salaries for Assistant Director Career level roles vary by specialization: Assistant Director, Career Management: $81,261; Assistant Director, Career Services: $80,819; Assistant Director Career Center: $80,048; Assistant Director of Career Services: $78,269; Director of Career Services: $77,301.

Assistant Director Career Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Assistant Director Career make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Assistant Director Career in South Dakota is $73,010 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $35.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $98,567
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $62,607 to $86,388
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $53,136

10% $53,136

50% (Median) $73,010

90% $98,567

Assistant Director Career Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,388	$7,199	$1,661	$42
Average	$73,010	$6,084	$1,404	$35
25th Percentile	$62,607	$5,217	$1,204	$30

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Key Factors That Influence Assistant Director Career Salaries

An Assistant Director Career'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 Director Career Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Assistant Director Career'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): $63,851
Early Career (1-2 years): $64,783
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $67,115
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $70,223
Expert (over 8 years): $74,311

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Assistant Director Career	less than 1 year	$63,851
Early Career Level Assistant Director Career	1-2 years	$64,783
Mid-Level Level Assistant Director Career	2-4 years	$67,115
Senior-Level Level Assistant Director Career	5-8 years	$70,223
Expert Level Assistant Director Career	over 8 years	$74,311

How Do Assistant Director Career 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 Director Careers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $88,949.
California: $88,612.
Massachusetts: $87,431.

District of Columbia $88,949 California $88,612 Massachusetts $87,431 Washington $87,109 New Jersey $87,077 Alaska $86,965 Connecticut $85,856 New York $85,406

Hawaii $83,968 Rhode Island $83,293 Maryland $82,835 Minnesota $82,209 Colorado $81,968 Illinois $81,887 Oregon $81,582 Delaware $81,357

New Hampshire $81,216 Virginia $80,899 Pennsylvania $79,975 Nevada $79,509 North Dakota $79,357 Michigan $79,116 Wisconsin $79,027 Vermont $78,851

Texas $78,361 Maine $78,328 Arizona $78,280 Ohio $78,224 Georgia $77,485 Indiana $77,115 Wyoming $77,043 Utah $76,931

Iowa $76,882 Kansas $76,497 Louisiana $76,384 North Carolina $76,344 Missouri $76,328 Florida $76,015 Montana $75,846 Nebraska $75,685

Kentucky $75,597 South Carolina $75,276 Tennessee $75,075 Idaho $74,994 New Mexico $74,408 Oklahoma $74,279 Alabama $73,806 South Dakota $73,010

Arkansas $72,576 West Virginia $72,343 Mississippi $71,644

Top Paying Cities for Assistant Director Career

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: $73,771
Aurora: $74,163
Baltic: $73,365

Alcester, SD $73,771

Aurora, SD $74,163

Baltic, SD $73,365

Beresford, SD $73,582

Brandon, SD $73,215

Brookings, SD $74,300

Burbank, SD $73,508

Canistota, SD $73,618

Canton, SD $73,409

Centerville, SD $73,587

Chancellor, SD $73,400

Chester, SD $73,581

Colman, SD $73,822

Colton, SD $73,515

Crooks, SD $73,325

Davis, SD $73,497

Dell Rapids, SD $73,500

Egan, SD $73,697

Elk Point, SD $73,276

Elkton, SD $74,209

Fairview, SD $73,516

Flandreau, SD $73,936

Freeman, SD $73,856

Garretson, SD $73,379

Gayville, SD $73,980

Harrisburg, SD $73,262

Hartford, SD $73,374

Hudson, SD $73,575

Humboldt, SD $73,479

Hurley, SD $73,589

Irene, SD $73,796

Jefferson, SD $73,002

Lennox, SD $73,401

Lesterville, SD $73,925

Lyons, SD $73,393

Madison, SD $73,967

Marion, SD $73,639

Menno, SD $73,887

Mission Hill, SD $73,942

Monroe, SD $73,560

Belle Fourche, SD $73,844

Black Hawk, SD $71,585

Box Elder, SD $71,677

Buffalo, SD $73,710

Buffalo Gap, SD $73,130

Camp Crook, SD $73,781

Caputa, SD $72,024

Custer, SD $72,973

Deadwood, SD $72,523

Edgemont, SD $73,673

Enning, SD $73,098

Fairburn, SD $72,298

Fort Meade, SD $72,291

Hermosa, SD $72,009

Hill City, SD $72,497

Hot Springs, SD $73,617

Howes, SD $73,260

Interior, SD $73,377

Keystone, SD $71,938

Kyle, SD $73,534

Lead, SD $73,188

Ludlow, SD $74,000

Manderson, SD $73,653

Mud Butte, SD $73,305

Nemo, SD $72,039

Newell, SD $73,447

New Underwood, SD $72,027

Nisland, SD $73,609

Oelrichs, SD $73,465

Oglala, SD $73,593

Oral, SD $73,397

Owanka, SD $72,381

Piedmont, SD $71,638

Pine Ridge, SD $73,730

Porcupine, SD $73,508

Pringle, SD $73,200

Quinn, SD $73,271

Redig, SD $73,185

Saint Onge, SD $73,393

Scenic, SD $72,872

Smithwick, SD $73,490

Spearfish, SD $73,724

Sturgis, SD $72,061

Union Center, SD $73,147

Vale, SD $72,916

Wall, SD $73,165

Wasta, SD $72,795

White Owl, SD $73,294

Whitewood, SD $73,083

Wounded Knee, SD $73,657

Leola, SD $74,093

Long Lake, SD $74,206

Mansfield, SD $74,050

Mellette, SD $74,119

Northville, SD $74,039

Onaka, SD $73,752

Orient, SD $73,863

Pierpont, SD $74,114

Redfield, SD $74,234

Rockham, SD $73,951

Roscoe, SD $73,820

Selby, SD $73,692

Seneca, SD $73,705

Stratford, SD $74,123

Tolstoy, SD $73,710

Tulare, SD $74,131

Turton, SD $74,135

Warner, SD $74,209

Westport, SD $74,107

Pierre, SD $67,684

Agar, SD $69,445

Belvidere, SD $73,270

Blunt, SD $67,684

Burke, SD $73,843

Colome, SD $73,753

Dallas, SD $73,731

Draper, SD $71,455

Fort Pierre, SD $67,882

Gregory, SD $73,810

Hamill, SD $73,626

Harrold, SD $68,079

Hayes, SD $72,515

Herrick, SD $73,801

Holabird, SD $69,614

Ideal, SD $73,607

Kadoka, SD $73,354

Kennebec, SD $72,532

Long Valley, SD $73,351

Lower Brule, SD $72,437

Martin, SD $73,528

Midland, SD $73,113

Milesville, SD $73,160

Mission, SD $73,685

Murdo, SD $72,661

Norris, SD $73,465

Okaton, SD $73,279

Okreek, SD $73,643

Onida, SD $68,348

Parmelee, SD $73,597

Philip, SD $73,267

Presho, SD $71,990

Reliance, SD $73,668

Rosebud, SD $73,765

Saint Charles, SD $73,882

Saint Francis, SD $73,624

Tuthill, SD $73,439

Vivian, SD $71,677

Wanblee, SD $73,488

White River, SD $73,455

Winner, SD $73,685

Witten, SD $73,553

Wood, SD $73,446

Mobridge, SD $73,707

Bison, SD $73,524

Bullhead, SD $74,087

Cherry Creek, SD $73,333

Dupree, SD $73,349

Eagle Butte, SD $73,426

Faith, SD $73,327

Glencross, SD $73,389

Glenham, SD $73,734

Herreid, SD $74,016

Isabel, SD $73,375

Keldron, SD $73,729

Lantry, SD $73,460

Lemmon, SD $74,005

Little Eagle, SD $74,075

Lodgepole, SD $73,806

Mc Intosh, SD $73,840

Mc Laughlin, SD $73,775

Meadow, SD $73,355

Morristown, SD $73,916

Mound City, SD $73,883

Pollock, SD $74,161

Prairie City, SD $73,619

Ralph, SD $73,859

Reva, SD $73,623

Ridgeview, SD $73,462

Timber Lake, SD $73,499

Trail City, SD $73,475

Wakpala, SD $73,777

Walker, SD $73,894

Watauga, SD $73,727

Whitehorse, SD $73,540

Rapid City, SD $71,572

Ellsworth Afb, SD $71,572

Allen, SD $73,527

Batesland, SD $73,557

Montrose, SD $73,618

North Sioux City, SD $72,887

Nunda, SD $73,931

Oldham, SD $74,094

Olivet, SD $73,920

Parker, SD $73,520

Ramona, SD $73,963

Renner, SD $73,279

Rowena, SD $73,229

Rutland, SD $73,866

Salem, SD $73,871

Scotland, SD $74,036

Sinai, SD $74,329

Springfield, SD $74,124

Tabor, SD $74,075

Tea, SD $73,319

Trent, SD $73,598

Tyndall, SD $74,055

Utica, SD $73,926

Valley Springs, SD $73,274

Vermillion, SD $73,943

Viborg, SD $73,777

Volga, SD $74,155

Volin, SD $73,859

Wakonda, SD $73,783

Wentworth, SD $73,839

Winfred, SD $73,875

Worthing, SD $73,389

Yankton, SD $74,226

Sioux Falls, SD $73,211

Vienna, SD $74,288

Wallace, SD $74,243

Waubay, SD $74,209

Webster, SD $74,226

White, SD $74,341

Willow Lake, SD $74,372

Wilmot, SD $74,281

Mitchell, SD $74,293

Alexandria, SD $74,020

Alpena, SD $74,145

Armour, SD $73,993

Artesian, SD $74,134

Avon, SD $74,013

Bonesteel, SD $73,869

Bridgewater, SD $73,822

Canova, SD $73,921

Carpenter, SD $74,317

Carthage, SD $74,151

Cavour, SD $74,249

Chamberlain, SD $73,914

Corsica, SD $74,006

Dante, SD $73,969

Delmont, SD $73,973

Dimock, SD $74,055

Emery, SD $73,944

Ethan, SD $74,094

Fairfax, SD $73,882

Fedora, SD $74,070

Fort Thompson, SD $73,046

Fulton, SD $74,079

Gann Valley, SD $73,761

Geddes, SD $73,900

Harrison, SD $73,955

Highmore, SD $72,532

Stephan, SD $72,854

Hitchcock, SD $74,190

Howard, SD $74,107

Huron, SD $74,443

Iroquois, SD $74,266

Kaylor, SD $74,135

Kimball, SD $73,911

Lake Andes, SD $74,018

Lane, SD $74,300

Letcher, SD $74,100

Marty, SD $74,255

Miller, SD $73,980

Mount Vernon, SD $74,052

New Holland, SD $74,162

Oacoma, SD $73,848

Parkston, SD $74,084

Pickstown, SD $74,132

Plankinton, SD $74,040

Platte, SD $73,914

Pukwana, SD $73,862

Ree Heights, SD $73,493

Saint Lawrence, SD $73,983

Spencer, SD $73,912

Stickney, SD $73,992

Tripp, SD $74,013

Virgil, SD $74,083

Wagner, SD $74,027

Wessington, SD $74,027

Wessington Springs, SD $74,016

White Lake, SD $73,943

Wolsey, SD $74,173

Woonsocket, SD $74,140

Yale, SD $74,309

Aberdeen, SD $74,316

Akaska, SD $73,653

Amherst, SD $74,202

Andover, SD $74,096

Ashton, SD $74,082

Barnard, SD $74,184

Bath, SD $74,161

Bowdle, SD $73,792

Brentford, SD $74,216

Britton, SD $74,411

Claremont, SD $74,140

Columbia, SD $74,051

Conde, SD $74,130

Cresbard, SD $73,947

Doland, SD $74,288

Eureka, SD $74,053

Faulkton, SD $73,940

Ferney, SD $74,400

Frankfort, SD $74,284

Frederick, SD $74,203

Gettysburg, SD $73,246

Groton, SD $74,169

Hecla, SD $74,309

Hosmer, SD $73,935

Houghton, SD $73,995

Hoven, SD $73,732

Ipswich, SD $74,011

Java, SD $73,687

Langford, SD $74,103

Lebanon, SD $73,369

Watertown, SD $74,443

Arlington, SD $74,245

Astoria, SD $74,363

Badger, SD $74,375

Big Stone City, SD $74,483

Bradley, SD $74,220

Brandt, SD $74,313

Bristol, SD $74,161

Bruce, SD $74,232

Bryant, SD $74,339

Castlewood, SD $74,293

Claire City, SD $74,406

Clark, SD $74,348

Clear Lake, SD $74,320

Corona, SD $74,407

De Smet, SD $74,309

Eden, SD $74,177

Erwin, SD $74,263

Estelline, SD $74,281

Florence, SD $74,257

Garden City, SD $74,270

Gary, SD $74,367

Goodwin, SD $74,226

Grenville, SD $74,158

Hayti, SD $74,321

Hazel, SD $74,288

Henry, SD $74,289

Kranzburg, SD $74,565

Labolt, SD $74,233

Lake City, SD $74,301

Lake Norden, SD $74,357

Lake Preston, SD $74,285

Marvin, SD $74,153

Milbank, SD $74,471

New Effington, SD $74,564

Ortley, SD $74,169

Peever, SD $74,269

Raymond, SD $74,306

Revillo, SD $74,278

Rosholt, SD $74,546

Roslyn, SD $74,144

Sisseton, SD $74,314

South Shore, SD $74,176

Stockholm, SD $74,177

Strandburg, SD $74,169

Summit, SD $74,173

Toronto, SD $74,284

Twin Brooks, SD $74,149

Veblen, SD $74,443

Assistant Director Career Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Assistant Director Career roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 20% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Government, offers compensation 10% above the average. Conversely, Assistant Director Career positions in Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Assistant Director Career as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an Assistant Director Career

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Government	$80,311	$39.0	10%

Assistant Director Career Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Assistant Director Career'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.

$62,607

Average $73,010/year

$86,388

$5,217

Average $6,084/month

$7,199

$1,204

Average $1,404/week

$1,661

$30

Average $35/hour

$42

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,388	$7,199	$1,661	$42
Average	$73,010	$6,084	$1,404	$35
25th Percentile	$62,607	$5,217	$1,204	$30

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