What are the main factors that influence an Assistant Store Operator'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 Store Operator?

The Retail & Wholesale industry offers the highest average compensation for Assistant Store Operator roles, with salaries approximately 10% above the market median.

How does experience change An Assistant Store Operator's salary?

An Assistant Store Operator's salary grows with experience: starting around $92,298 for beginners, reaching about $100,661 at mid-level, and approach $212,415 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Assistant Store Operator?

Assistant Store Operator salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Assistant Store Operator roles are District of Columbia $48,707, California $48,522, Massachusetts $47,876. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Assistant Store Operator roles make?

Salaries for Assistant Store Operator level roles vary by specialization: Store Operator: $79,402; Grocery Store Manager Assistant: $58,559; Assistant Store Director: $55,352; Assistant Store Supervisor: $54,311; Assistant Store Manager: $54,277.

Assistant Store Operator Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Assistant Store Operator make in South Dakota? As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for an Assistant Store Operator in South Dakota is $39,979 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $19.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $45,296
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $34,985 to $42,762
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $30,437

10% $30,437

50% (Median) $39,979

90% $45,296

Assistant Store Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$42,762	$3,564	$822	$21
Average	$39,979	$3,332	$769	$19
25th Percentile	$34,985	$2,915	$673	$17

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Key Factors That Influence Assistant Store Operator Salaries

An Assistant Store Operator'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 Store Operator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Assistant Store Operator'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): $92,298
Early Career (1-2 years): $39,399
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $100,661
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $162,737
Expert (over 8 years): $212,415

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Retail Store Operations Administrator	less than 1 year	$92,298
Assistant Store Operator	1-2 years	$39,399
Retail Store Operations Manager	2-4 years	$100,661
Retail Store Operations Director	5-8 years	$162,737
Retail Store Operations Executive	over 8 years	$212,415

How Do Assistant Store Operator 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 Store Operators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $48,707.
California: $48,522.
Massachusetts: $47,876.

District of Columbia $48,707 California $48,522 Massachusetts $47,876 Washington $47,700 New Jersey $47,682 Alaska $47,620 Connecticut $47,013 New York $46,767

Hawaii $45,979 Rhode Island $45,610 Maryland $45,359 Minnesota $45,016 Colorado $44,884 Illinois $44,840 Oregon $44,673 Delaware $44,550

New Hampshire $44,472 Virginia $44,299 Pennsylvania $43,793 Nevada $43,538 North Dakota $43,454 Michigan $43,322 Wisconsin $43,274 Vermont $43,177

Texas $42,909 Maine $42,891 Arizona $42,865 Ohio $42,834 Georgia $42,429 Indiana $42,227 Wyoming $42,187 Utah $42,126

Iowa $42,099 Kansas $41,888 Louisiana $41,827 North Carolina $41,805 Missouri $41,796 Florida $41,624 Montana $41,532 Nebraska $41,444

Kentucky $41,396 South Carolina $41,220 Tennessee $41,110 Idaho $41,066 New Mexico $40,745 Oklahoma $40,674 Alabama $40,415 South Dakota $39,979

Arkansas $39,742 West Virginia $39,614 Mississippi $39,231

Top Paying Cities for Assistant Store Operator

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: $40,396
Aurora: $40,610
Baltic: $40,174

Alcester, SD $40,396

Aurora, SD $40,610

Baltic, SD $40,174

Beresford, SD $40,292

Brandon, SD $40,091

Brookings, SD $40,685

Burbank, SD $40,252

Canistota, SD $40,312

Canton, SD $40,197

Centerville, SD $40,295

Chancellor, SD $40,192

Chester, SD $40,292

Colman, SD $40,423

Colton, SD $40,255

Crooks, SD $40,152

Davis, SD $40,246

Dell Rapids, SD $40,247

Egan, SD $40,355

Elk Point, SD $40,125

Elkton, SD $40,635

Fairview, SD $40,256

Flandreau, SD $40,486

Freeman, SD $40,442

Garretson, SD $40,181

Gayville, SD $40,510

Harrisburg, SD $40,117

Hartford, SD $40,178

Hudson, SD $40,288

Humboldt, SD $40,236

Hurley, SD $40,296

Irene, SD $40,409

Jefferson, SD $39,975

Lennox, SD $40,193

Lesterville, SD $40,480

Lyons, SD $40,189

Madison, SD $40,503

Marion, SD $40,324

Menno, SD $40,459

Mission Hill, SD $40,489

Monroe, SD $40,280

Belle Fourche, SD $40,436

Black Hawk, SD $39,199

Box Elder, SD $39,249

Buffalo, SD $40,362

Buffalo Gap, SD $40,045

Camp Crook, SD $40,401

Caputa, SD $39,439

Custer, SD $39,959

Deadwood, SD $39,713

Edgemont, SD $40,342

Enning, SD $40,027

Fairburn, SD $39,589

Fort Meade, SD $39,585

Hermosa, SD $39,431

Hill City, SD $39,698

Hot Springs, SD $40,311

Howes, SD $40,116

Interior, SD $40,180

Keystone, SD $39,392

Kyle, SD $40,266

Lead, SD $40,076

Ludlow, SD $40,521

Manderson, SD $40,331

Mud Butte, SD $40,141

Nemo, SD $39,447

Newell, SD $40,218

New Underwood, SD $39,441

Nisland, SD $40,307

Oelrichs, SD $40,228

Oglala, SD $40,298

Oral, SD $40,191

Owanka, SD $39,635

Piedmont, SD $39,228

Pine Ridge, SD $40,373

Porcupine, SD $40,252

Pringle, SD $40,083

Quinn, SD $40,122

Redig, SD $40,075

Saint Onge, SD $40,189

Scenic, SD $39,903

Smithwick, SD $40,242

Spearfish, SD $40,370

Sturgis, SD $39,460

Union Center, SD $40,054

Vale, SD $39,928

Wall, SD $40,064

Wasta, SD $39,861

White Owl, SD $40,134

Whitewood, SD $40,019

Wounded Knee, SD $40,333

Leola, SD $40,572

Long Lake, SD $40,634

Mansfield, SD $40,548

Mellette, SD $40,586

Northville, SD $40,543

Onaka, SD $40,385

Orient, SD $40,446

Pierpont, SD $40,584

Redfield, SD $40,649

Rockham, SD $40,494

Roscoe, SD $40,423

Selby, SD $40,353

Seneca, SD $40,360

Stratford, SD $40,588

Tolstoy, SD $40,362

Tulare, SD $40,593

Turton, SD $40,595

Warner, SD $40,635

Westport, SD $40,580

Pierre, SD $37,063

Agar, SD $38,027

Belvidere, SD $40,121

Blunt, SD $37,063

Burke, SD $40,435

Colome, SD $40,386

Dallas, SD $40,374

Draper, SD $39,127

Fort Pierre, SD $37,171

Gregory, SD $40,417

Hamill, SD $40,317

Harrold, SD $37,279

Hayes, SD $39,708

Herrick, SD $40,412

Holabird, SD $38,120

Ideal, SD $40,306

Kadoka, SD $40,167

Kennebec, SD $39,717

Long Valley, SD $40,166

Lower Brule, SD $39,665

Martin, SD $40,262

Midland, SD $40,035

Milesville, SD $40,061

Mission, SD $40,349

Murdo, SD $39,788

Norris, SD $40,228

Okaton, SD $40,126

Okreek, SD $40,326

Onida, SD $37,426

Parmelee, SD $40,300

Philip, SD $40,120

Presho, SD $39,420

Reliance, SD $40,339

Rosebud, SD $40,393

Saint Charles, SD $40,456

Saint Francis, SD $40,315

Tuthill, SD $40,214

Vivian, SD $39,249

Wanblee, SD $40,241

White River, SD $40,223

Winner, SD $40,349

Witten, SD $40,276

Wood, SD $40,218

Mobridge, SD $40,361

Bison, SD $40,260

Bullhead, SD $40,569

Cherry Creek, SD $40,156

Dupree, SD $40,165

Eagle Butte, SD $40,207

Faith, SD $40,152

Glencross, SD $40,187

Glenham, SD $40,375

Herreid, SD $40,530

Isabel, SD $40,179

Keldron, SD $40,373

Lantry, SD $40,225

Lemmon, SD $40,524

Little Eagle, SD $40,562

Lodgepole, SD $40,415

Mc Intosh, SD $40,434

Mc Laughlin, SD $40,398

Meadow, SD $40,168

Morristown, SD $40,475

Mound City, SD $40,457

Pollock, SD $40,610

Prairie City, SD $40,313

Ralph, SD $40,444

Reva, SD $40,315

Ridgeview, SD $40,226

Timber Lake, SD $40,247

Trail City, SD $40,234

Wakpala, SD $40,399

Walker, SD $40,463

Watauga, SD $40,372

Whitehorse, SD $40,269

Rapid City, SD $39,192

Ellsworth Afb, SD $39,192

Allen, SD $40,262

Batesland, SD $40,279

Montrose, SD $40,312

North Sioux City, SD $39,912

Nunda, SD $40,483

Oldham, SD $40,573

Olivet, SD $40,478

Parker, SD $40,258

Ramona, SD $40,501

Renner, SD $40,126

Rowena, SD $40,099

Rutland, SD $40,448

Salem, SD $40,450

Scotland, SD $40,541

Sinai, SD $40,701

Springfield, SD $40,589

Tabor, SD $40,562

Tea, SD $40,148

Trent, SD $40,301

Tyndall, SD $40,551

Utica, SD $40,481

Valley Springs, SD $40,123

Vermillion, SD $40,490

Viborg, SD $40,399

Volga, SD $40,606

Volin, SD $40,444

Wakonda, SD $40,402

Wentworth, SD $40,433

Winfred, SD $40,453

Worthing, SD $40,187

Yankton, SD $40,645

Sioux Falls, SD $40,089

Vienna, SD $40,679

Wallace, SD $40,654

Waubay, SD $40,635

Webster, SD $40,645

White, SD $40,708

Willow Lake, SD $40,725

Wilmot, SD $40,675

Mitchell, SD $40,682

Alexandria, SD $40,532

Alpena, SD $40,601

Armour, SD $40,517

Artesian, SD $40,595

Avon, SD $40,528

Bonesteel, SD $40,449

Bridgewater, SD $40,423

Canova, SD $40,478

Carpenter, SD $40,695

Carthage, SD $40,604

Cavour, SD $40,657

Chamberlain, SD $40,474

Corsica, SD $40,525

Dante, SD $40,504

Delmont, SD $40,506

Dimock, SD $40,551

Emery, SD $40,490

Ethan, SD $40,573

Fairfax, SD $40,456

Fedora, SD $40,559

Fort Thompson, SD $39,999

Fulton, SD $40,565

Gann Valley, SD $40,390

Geddes, SD $40,466

Harrison, SD $40,496

Highmore, SD $39,717

Stephan, SD $39,893

Hitchcock, SD $40,625

Howard, SD $40,580

Huron, SD $40,763

Iroquois, SD $40,667

Kaylor, SD $40,595

Kimball, SD $40,472

Lake Andes, SD $40,531

Lane, SD $40,686

Letcher, SD $40,576

Marty, SD $40,661

Miller, SD $40,510

Mount Vernon, SD $40,550

New Holland, SD $40,610

Oacoma, SD $40,438

Parkston, SD $40,567

Pickstown, SD $40,593

Plankinton, SD $40,543

Platte, SD $40,474

Pukwana, SD $40,445

Ree Heights, SD $40,243

Saint Lawrence, SD $40,512

Spencer, SD $40,473

Stickney, SD $40,517

Tripp, SD $40,528

Virgil, SD $40,566

Wagner, SD $40,536

Wessington, SD $40,536

Wessington Springs, SD $40,530

White Lake, SD $40,490

Wolsey, SD $40,616

Woonsocket, SD $40,598

Yale, SD $40,690

Aberdeen, SD $40,694

Akaska, SD $40,331

Amherst, SD $40,632

Andover, SD $40,573

Ashton, SD $40,566

Barnard, SD $40,622

Bath, SD $40,609

Bowdle, SD $40,407

Brentford, SD $40,639

Britton, SD $40,746

Claremont, SD $40,598

Columbia, SD $40,549

Conde, SD $40,592

Cresbard, SD $40,492

Doland, SD $40,679

Eureka, SD $40,550

Faulkton, SD $40,489

Ferney, SD $40,740

Frankfort, SD $40,676

Frederick, SD $40,632

Gettysburg, SD $40,108

Groton, SD $40,613

Hecla, SD $40,690

Hosmer, SD $40,485

Houghton, SD $40,518

Hoven, SD $40,375

Ipswich, SD $40,527

Java, SD $40,350

Langford, SD $40,577

Lebanon, SD $40,176

Watertown, SD $40,763

Arlington, SD $40,655

Astoria, SD $40,720

Badger, SD $40,727

Big Stone City, SD $40,785

Bradley, SD $40,642

Brandt, SD $40,693

Bristol, SD $40,609

Bruce, SD $40,648

Bryant, SD $40,707

Castlewood, SD $40,682

Claire City, SD $40,743

Clark, SD $40,712

Clear Lake, SD $40,696

Corona, SD $40,744

De Smet, SD $40,690

Eden, SD $40,618

Erwin, SD $40,665

Estelline, SD $40,675

Florence, SD $40,662

Garden City, SD $40,669

Gary, SD $40,722

Goodwin, SD $40,645

Grenville, SD $40,608

Hayti, SD $40,697

Hazel, SD $40,679

Henry, SD $40,679

Kranzburg, SD $40,831

Labolt, SD $40,649

Lake City, SD $40,686

Lake Norden, SD $40,716

Lake Preston, SD $40,677

Marvin, SD $40,605

Milbank, SD $40,779

New Effington, SD $40,830

Ortley, SD $40,614

Peever, SD $40,668

Raymond, SD $40,689

Revillo, SD $40,673

Rosholt, SD $40,820

Roslyn, SD $40,600

Sisseton, SD $40,693

South Shore, SD $40,617

Stockholm, SD $40,618

Strandburg, SD $40,613

Summit, SD $40,616

Toronto, SD $40,677

Twin Brooks, SD $40,602

Veblen, SD $40,763

Assistant Store Operator Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Assistant Store Operator roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 25% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Retail & Wholesale, offers compensation 10% above the average. Conversely, Assistant Store Operator positions in Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Assistant Store Operator as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Assistant Store Operator

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Retail & Wholesale	$43,977	$21.0	10%
Media	$41,978	$20.0	5%

Assistant Store Operator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Assistant Store Operator'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.

$34,985

Average $39,979/year

$42,762

$2,915

Average $3,332/month

$3,564

$673

Average $769/week

$822

$17

Average $19/hour

$21

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$42,762	$3,564	$822	$21
Average	$39,979	$3,332	$769	$19
25th Percentile	$34,985	$2,915	$673	$17

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