What are the main factors that influence an Assistant Director - Programs'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 Director - Programs's salary?

An Assistant Director - Programs's salary grows with experience: starting around $55,651 for beginners, reaching about $60,366 at mid-level, and approach $60,923 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Assistant Director - Programs?

Assistant Director - Programs salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Assistant Director - Programs roles are District of Columbia $71,511, California $71,240, Massachusetts $70,290. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Assistant Director - Programs roles make?

Salaries for Assistant Director - Programs level roles vary by specialization: Clinical Programs Development Director: $189,172; Director of Programs: $120,396; Assistant Director, Academic Programs: $81,384; Assistant Director for Academic Programs: $79,535; Assistant Director for Programs: $63,735.

Assistant Director - Programs Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Assistant Director - Programs make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Assistant Director - Programs in South Dakota is $58,697 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $28.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $74,006
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $51,406 to $66,710
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $44,768

10% $44,768

50% (Median) $58,697

90% $74,006

Assistant Director - Programs Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,710	$5,559	$1,283	$32
Average	$58,697	$4,891	$1,129	$28
25th Percentile	$51,406	$4,284	$989	$25

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Key Factors That Influence Assistant Director - Programs Salaries

An Assistant Director - Programs'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 - Programs Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Assistant Director - Programs'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): $55,651
Early Career (1-2 years): $57,250
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $60,366
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $60,700
Expert (over 8 years): $60,923

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Assistant Director - Programs	less than 1 year	$55,651
Early Career Level Assistant Director - Programs	1-2 years	$57,250
Mid-Level Level Assistant Director - Programs	2-4 years	$60,366
Senior-Level Level Assistant Director - Programs	5-8 years	$60,700
Expert Level Assistant Director - Programs	over 8 years	$60,923

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

District of Columbia: $71,511.
California: $71,240.
Massachusetts: $70,290.

District of Columbia $71,511 California $71,240 Massachusetts $70,290 Washington $70,032 New Jersey $70,006 Alaska $69,916 Connecticut $69,024 New York $68,663

Hawaii $67,507 Rhode Island $66,964 Maryland $66,596 Minnesota $66,092 Colorado $65,898 Illinois $65,834 Oregon $65,588 Delaware $65,407

New Hampshire $65,294 Virginia $65,039 Pennsylvania $64,297 Nevada $63,922 North Dakota $63,799 Michigan $63,605 Wisconsin $63,534 Vermont $63,392

Texas $62,998 Maine $62,973 Arizona $62,934 Ohio $62,889 Georgia $62,294 Indiana $61,997 Wyoming $61,939 Utah $61,849

Iowa $61,810 Kansas $61,500 Louisiana $61,410 North Carolina $61,377 Missouri $61,364 Florida $61,112 Montana $60,977 Nebraska $60,848

Kentucky $60,777 South Carolina $60,518 Tennessee $60,357 Idaho $60,292 New Mexico $59,821 Oklahoma $59,717 Alabama $59,336 South Dakota $58,697

Arkansas $58,348 West Virginia $58,161 Mississippi $57,599

Top Paying Cities for Assistant Director - Programs

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: $59,308
Aurora: $59,624
Baltic: $58,982

Alcester, SD $59,308

Aurora, SD $59,624

Baltic, SD $58,982

Beresford, SD $59,157

Brandon, SD $58,862

Brookings, SD $59,733

Burbank, SD $59,097

Canistota, SD $59,185

Canton, SD $59,017

Centerville, SD $59,161

Chancellor, SD $59,010

Chester, SD $59,156

Colman, SD $59,349

Colton, SD $59,102

Crooks, SD $58,950

Davis, SD $59,088

Dell Rapids, SD $59,091

Egan, SD $59,249

Elk Point, SD $58,911

Elkton, SD $59,660

Fairview, SD $59,104

Flandreau, SD $59,442

Freeman, SD $59,377

Garretson, SD $58,993

Gayville, SD $59,476

Harrisburg, SD $58,899

Hartford, SD $58,989

Hudson, SD $59,151

Humboldt, SD $59,073

Hurley, SD $59,163

Irene, SD $59,329

Jefferson, SD $58,690

Lennox, SD $59,011

Lesterville, SD $59,432

Lyons, SD $59,005

Madison, SD $59,466

Marion, SD $59,203

Menno, SD $59,401

Mission Hill, SD $59,446

Monroe, SD $59,139

Belle Fourche, SD $59,367

Black Hawk, SD $57,551

Box Elder, SD $57,625

Buffalo, SD $59,259

Buffalo Gap, SD $58,793

Camp Crook, SD $59,316

Caputa, SD $57,904

Custer, SD $58,667

Deadwood, SD $58,305

Edgemont, SD $59,230

Enning, SD $58,767

Fairburn, SD $58,125

Fort Meade, SD $58,119

Hermosa, SD $57,892

Hill City, SD $58,284

Hot Springs, SD $59,184

Howes, SD $58,898

Interior, SD $58,992

Keystone, SD $57,835

Kyle, SD $59,118

Lead, SD $58,840

Ludlow, SD $59,493

Manderson, SD $59,214

Mud Butte, SD $58,934

Nemo, SD $57,916

Newell, SD $59,048

New Underwood, SD $57,906

Nisland, SD $59,179

Oelrichs, SD $59,062

Oglala, SD $59,165

Oral, SD $59,008

Owanka, SD $58,191

Piedmont, SD $57,594

Pine Ridge, SD $59,276

Porcupine, SD $59,097

Pringle, SD $58,849

Quinn, SD $58,907

Redig, SD $58,837

Saint Onge, SD $59,004

Scenic, SD $58,586

Smithwick, SD $59,082

Spearfish, SD $59,270

Sturgis, SD $57,934

Union Center, SD $58,807

Vale, SD $58,621

Wall, SD $58,822

Wasta, SD $58,524

White Owl, SD $58,925

Whitewood, SD $58,756

Wounded Knee, SD $59,217

Leola, SD $59,567

Long Lake, SD $59,659

Mansfield, SD $59,533

Mellette, SD $59,588

Northville, SD $59,524

Onaka, SD $59,293

Orient, SD $59,383

Pierpont, SD $59,584

Redfield, SD $59,681

Rockham, SD $59,453

Roscoe, SD $59,348

Selby, SD $59,245

Seneca, SD $59,256

Stratford, SD $59,591

Tolstoy, SD $59,259

Tulare, SD $59,598

Turton, SD $59,601

Warner, SD $59,660

Westport, SD $59,578

Pierre, SD $54,415

Agar, SD $55,830

Belvidere, SD $58,905

Blunt, SD $54,415

Burke, SD $59,367

Colome, SD $59,294

Dallas, SD $59,276

Draper, SD $57,446

Fort Pierre, SD $54,574

Gregory, SD $59,339

Hamill, SD $59,192

Harrold, SD $54,732

Hayes, SD $58,299

Herrick, SD $59,333

Holabird, SD $55,967

Ideal, SD $59,177

Kadoka, SD $58,973

Kennebec, SD $58,313

Long Valley, SD $58,971

Lower Brule, SD $58,236

Martin, SD $59,113

Midland, SD $58,780

Milesville, SD $58,818

Mission, SD $59,239

Murdo, SD $58,416

Norris, SD $59,062

Okaton, SD $58,913

Okreek, SD $59,206

Onida, SD $54,949

Parmelee, SD $59,168

Philip, SD $58,904

Presho, SD $57,877

Reliance, SD $59,226

Rosebud, SD $59,304

Saint Charles, SD $59,398

Saint Francis, SD $59,190

Tuthill, SD $59,042

Vivian, SD $57,625

Wanblee, SD $59,081

White River, SD $59,055

Winner, SD $59,239

Witten, SD $59,133

Wood, SD $59,048

Mobridge, SD $59,257

Bison, SD $59,110

Bullhead, SD $59,562

Cherry Creek, SD $58,956

Dupree, SD $58,969

Eagle Butte, SD $59,031

Faith, SD $58,951

Glencross, SD $59,002

Glenham, SD $59,279

Herreid, SD $59,505

Isabel, SD $58,990

Keldron, SD $59,275

Lantry, SD $59,059

Lemmon, SD $59,496

Little Eagle, SD $59,553

Lodgepole, SD $59,336

Mc Intosh, SD $59,364

Mc Laughlin, SD $59,312

Meadow, SD $58,974

Morristown, SD $59,425

Mound City, SD $59,399

Pollock, SD $59,622

Prairie City, SD $59,186

Ralph, SD $59,380

Reva, SD $59,190

Ridgeview, SD $59,060

Timber Lake, SD $59,090

Trail City, SD $59,071

Wakpala, SD $59,313

Walker, SD $59,407

Watauga, SD $59,273

Whitehorse, SD $59,122

Rapid City, SD $57,541

Ellsworth Afb, SD $57,541

Allen, SD $59,112

Batesland, SD $59,137

Montrose, SD $59,186

North Sioux City, SD $58,598

Nunda, SD $59,437

Oldham, SD $59,568

Olivet, SD $59,429

Parker, SD $59,106

Ramona, SD $59,463

Renner, SD $58,913

Rowena, SD $58,873

Rutland, SD $59,385

Salem, SD $59,389

Scotland, SD $59,522

Sinai, SD $59,757

Springfield, SD $59,593

Tabor, SD $59,553

Tea, SD $58,946

Trent, SD $59,170

Tyndall, SD $59,536

Utica, SD $59,433

Valley Springs, SD $58,909

Vermillion, SD $59,447

Viborg, SD $59,313

Volga, SD $59,617

Volin, SD $59,379

Wakonda, SD $59,318

Wentworth, SD $59,363

Winfred, SD $59,392

Worthing, SD $59,002

Yankton, SD $59,674

Sioux Falls, SD $58,858

Vienna, SD $59,724

Wallace, SD $59,688

Waubay, SD $59,660

Webster, SD $59,675

White, SD $59,767

Willow Lake, SD $59,792

Wilmot, SD $59,719

Mitchell, SD $59,728

Alexandria, SD $59,509

Alpena, SD $59,609

Armour, SD $59,487

Artesian, SD $59,600

Avon, SD $59,503

Bonesteel, SD $59,387

Bridgewater, SD $59,349

Canova, SD $59,429

Carpenter, SD $59,748

Carthage, SD $59,614

Cavour, SD $59,693

Chamberlain, SD $59,423

Corsica, SD $59,498

Dante, SD $59,468

Delmont, SD $59,471

Dimock, SD $59,536

Emery, SD $59,447

Ethan, SD $59,568

Fairfax, SD $59,398

Fedora, SD $59,549

Fort Thompson, SD $58,726

Fulton, SD $59,557

Gann Valley, SD $59,301

Geddes, SD $59,412

Harrison, SD $59,456

Highmore, SD $58,313

Stephan, SD $58,571

Hitchcock, SD $59,645

Howard, SD $59,578

Huron, SD $59,848

Iroquois, SD $59,706

Kaylor, SD $59,601

Kimball, SD $59,421

Lake Andes, SD $59,507

Lane, SD $59,734

Letcher, SD $59,573

Marty, SD $59,698

Miller, SD $59,476

Mount Vernon, SD $59,535

New Holland, SD $59,623

Oacoma, SD $59,370

Parkston, SD $59,560

Pickstown, SD $59,598

Plankinton, SD $59,525

Platte, SD $59,423

Pukwana, SD $59,381

Ree Heights, SD $59,085

Saint Lawrence, SD $59,479

Spencer, SD $59,422

Stickney, SD $59,486

Tripp, SD $59,503

Virgil, SD $59,559

Wagner, SD $59,515

Wessington, SD $59,515

Wessington Springs, SD $59,505

White Lake, SD $59,447

Wolsey, SD $59,632

Woonsocket, SD $59,605

Yale, SD $59,741

Aberdeen, SD $59,747

Akaska, SD $59,214

Amherst, SD $59,655

Andover, SD $59,569

Ashton, SD $59,558

Barnard, SD $59,640

Bath, SD $59,622

Bowdle, SD $59,325

Brentford, SD $59,666

Britton, SD $59,823

Claremont, SD $59,605

Columbia, SD $59,533

Conde, SD $59,597

Cresbard, SD $59,450

Doland, SD $59,724

Eureka, SD $59,535

Faulkton, SD $59,445

Ferney, SD $59,814

Frankfort, SD $59,721

Frederick, SD $59,656

Gettysburg, SD $58,887

Groton, SD $59,628

Hecla, SD $59,741

Hosmer, SD $59,440

Houghton, SD $59,489

Hoven, SD $59,277

Ipswich, SD $59,502

Java, SD $59,241

Langford, SD $59,575

Lebanon, SD $58,986

Watertown, SD $59,848

Arlington, SD $59,690

Astoria, SD $59,784

Badger, SD $59,794

Big Stone City, SD $59,881

Bradley, SD $59,670

Brandt, SD $59,744

Bristol, SD $59,622

Bruce, SD $59,679

Bryant, SD $59,765

Castlewood, SD $59,728

Claire City, SD $59,819

Clark, SD $59,772

Clear Lake, SD $59,750

Corona, SD $59,820

De Smet, SD $59,741

Eden, SD $59,635

Erwin, SD $59,704

Estelline, SD $59,719

Florence, SD $59,699

Garden City, SD $59,710

Gary, SD $59,788

Goodwin, SD $59,674

Grenville, SD $59,620

Hayti, SD $59,751

Hazel, SD $59,724

Henry, SD $59,725

Kranzburg, SD $59,947

Labolt, SD $59,680

Lake City, SD $59,735

Lake Norden, SD $59,779

Lake Preston, SD $59,722

Marvin, SD $59,616

Milbank, SD $59,871

New Effington, SD $59,946

Ortley, SD $59,629

Peever, SD $59,709

Raymond, SD $59,739

Revillo, SD $59,716

Rosholt, SD $59,932

Roslyn, SD $59,608

Sisseton, SD $59,745

South Shore, SD $59,634

Stockholm, SD $59,635

Strandburg, SD $59,628

Summit, SD $59,632

Toronto, SD $59,721

Twin Brooks, SD $59,612

Veblen, SD $59,848

Assistant Director - Programs Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Assistant Director - Programs'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.

$51,406

Average $58,697/year

$66,710

$4,284

Average $4,891/month

$5,559

$989

Average $1,129/week

$1,283

$25

Average $28/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,710	$5,559	$1,283	$32
Average	$58,697	$4,891	$1,129	$28
25th Percentile	$51,406	$4,284	$989	$25

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