What are the main factors that influence a City Director's salary?

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

How does experience change A City Director's salary?

A City Director's salary grows with experience: starting around $75,005 for beginners, reaching about $77,361 at mid-level, and approach $82,745 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a City Director?

City Director salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for City Director roles are District of Columbia $100,349, California $99,968, Massachusetts $98,636. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of City Director roles make?

Salaries for City Director level roles vary by specialization: City Treasurer: $254,063; City Manager: $116,793; City Engineer: $109,412; City Attorney: $101,191; City Assessor: $75,857.

City Director Salary in South Dakota

How much does a City Director make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for a City Director in South Dakota is $82,367 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $40.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $108,331
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $70,654 to $95,957
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $59,991

10% $59,991

50% (Median) $82,367

90% $108,331

City Director Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,957	$7,996	$1,845	$46
Average	$82,367	$6,864	$1,584	$40
25th Percentile	$70,654	$5,888	$1,359	$34

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Key Factors That Influence City Director Salaries

A City Director'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 City Director Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a City Director'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): $75,005
Early Career (1-2 years): $75,548
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $77,361
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $79,536
Expert (over 8 years): $82,745

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level City Director	less than 1 year	$75,005
Early Career Level City Director	1-2 years	$75,548
Mid-Level Level City Director	2-4 years	$77,361
Senior-Level Level City Director	5-8 years	$79,536
Expert Level City Director	over 8 years	$82,745

How Do City Director 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 City Directors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $100,349.
California: $99,968.
Massachusetts: $98,636.

District of Columbia $100,349 California $99,968 Massachusetts $98,636 Washington $98,273 New Jersey $98,237 Alaska $98,110 Connecticut $96,859 New York $96,352

Hawaii $94,729 Rhode Island $93,968 Maryland $93,451 Minnesota $92,745 Colorado $92,473 Illinois $92,382 Oregon $92,038 Delaware $91,784

New Hampshire $91,624 Virginia $91,267 Pennsylvania $90,225 Nevada $89,699 North Dakota $89,527 Michigan $89,255 Wisconsin $89,155 Vermont $88,956

Texas $88,403 Maine $88,367 Arizona $88,313 Ohio $88,249 Georgia $87,415 Indiana $86,998 Wyoming $86,917 Utah $86,790

Iowa $86,736 Kansas $86,301 Louisiana $86,174 North Carolina $86,128 Missouri $86,110 Florida $85,757 Montana $85,566 Nebraska $85,385

Kentucky $85,285 South Carolina $84,923 Tennessee $84,696 Idaho $84,606 New Mexico $83,944 Oklahoma $83,799 Alabama $83,264 South Dakota $82,367

Arkansas $81,878 West Virginia $81,615 Mississippi $80,826

Top Paying Cities for City Director

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: $83,225
Aurora: $83,668
Baltic: $82,768

Alcester, SD $83,225

Aurora, SD $83,668

Baltic, SD $82,768

Beresford, SD $83,012

Brandon, SD $82,598

Brookings, SD $83,822

Burbank, SD $82,929

Canistota, SD $83,052

Canton, SD $82,817

Centerville, SD $83,018

Chancellor, SD $82,807

Chester, SD $83,011

Colman, SD $83,282

Colton, SD $82,936

Crooks, SD $82,722

Davis, SD $82,916

Dell Rapids, SD $82,920

Egan, SD $83,142

Elk Point, SD $82,667

Elkton, SD $83,719

Fairview, SD $82,938

Flandreau, SD $83,412

Freeman, SD $83,321

Garretson, SD $82,783

Gayville, SD $83,461

Harrisburg, SD $82,651

Hartford, SD $82,778

Hudson, SD $83,004

Humboldt, SD $82,895

Hurley, SD $83,021

Irene, SD $83,253

Jefferson, SD $82,358

Lennox, SD $82,808

Lesterville, SD $83,399

Lyons, SD $82,799

Madison, SD $83,447

Marion, SD $83,077

Menno, SD $83,356

Mission Hill, SD $83,418

Monroe, SD $82,987

Belle Fourche, SD $83,308

Black Hawk, SD $80,759

Box Elder, SD $80,863

Buffalo, SD $83,157

Buffalo Gap, SD $82,502

Camp Crook, SD $83,236

Caputa, SD $81,254

Custer, SD $82,325

Deadwood, SD $81,818

Edgemont, SD $83,115

Enning, SD $82,466

Fairburn, SD $81,564

Fort Meade, SD $81,556

Hermosa, SD $81,238

Hill City, SD $81,788

Hot Springs, SD $83,051

Howes, SD $82,649

Interior, SD $82,781

Keystone, SD $81,157

Kyle, SD $82,958

Lead, SD $82,567

Ludlow, SD $83,484

Manderson, SD $83,092

Mud Butte, SD $82,700

Nemo, SD $81,271

Newell, SD $82,860

New Underwood, SD $81,258

Nisland, SD $83,043

Oelrichs, SD $82,880

Oglala, SD $83,024

Oral, SD $82,804

Owanka, SD $81,657

Piedmont, SD $80,819

Pine Ridge, SD $83,179

Porcupine, SD $82,929

Pringle, SD $82,581

Quinn, SD $82,662

Redig, SD $82,564

Saint Onge, SD $82,799

Scenic, SD $82,211

Smithwick, SD $82,908

Spearfish, SD $83,172

Sturgis, SD $81,297

Union Center, SD $82,521

Vale, SD $82,261

Wall, SD $82,542

Wasta, SD $82,124

White Owl, SD $82,687

Whitewood, SD $82,450

Wounded Knee, SD $83,097

Leola, SD $83,589

Long Lake, SD $83,717

Mansfield, SD $83,540

Mellette, SD $83,618

Northville, SD $83,528

Onaka, SD $83,204

Orient, SD $83,330

Pierpont, SD $83,612

Redfield, SD $83,747

Rockham, SD $83,428

Roscoe, SD $83,281

Selby, SD $83,137

Seneca, SD $83,151

Stratford, SD $83,622

Tolstoy, SD $83,157

Tulare, SD $83,631

Turton, SD $83,636

Warner, SD $83,719

Westport, SD $83,604

Pierre, SD $76,358

Agar, SD $78,345

Belvidere, SD $82,660

Blunt, SD $76,358

Burke, SD $83,307

Colome, SD $83,205

Dallas, SD $83,180

Draper, SD $80,612

Fort Pierre, SD $76,582

Gregory, SD $83,269

Hamill, SD $83,062

Harrold, SD $76,804

Hayes, SD $81,809

Herrick, SD $83,260

Holabird, SD $78,536

Ideal, SD $83,040

Kadoka, SD $82,755

Kennebec, SD $81,828

Long Valley, SD $82,751

Lower Brule, SD $81,720

Martin, SD $82,951

Midland, SD $82,483

Milesville, SD $82,537

Mission, SD $83,128

Murdo, SD $81,973

Norris, SD $82,880

Okaton, SD $82,671

Okreek, SD $83,081

Onida, SD $77,108

Parmelee, SD $83,029

Philip, SD $82,657

Presho, SD $81,216

Reliance, SD $83,109

Rosebud, SD $83,219

Saint Charles, SD $83,350

Saint Francis, SD $83,060

Tuthill, SD $82,851

Vivian, SD $80,863

Wanblee, SD $82,906

White River, SD $82,869

Winner, SD $83,128

Witten, SD $82,980

Wood, SD $82,859

Mobridge, SD $83,154

Bison, SD $82,946

Bullhead, SD $83,582

Cherry Creek, SD $82,731

Dupree, SD $82,750

Eagle Butte, SD $82,836

Faith, SD $82,724

Glencross, SD $82,795

Glenham, SD $83,184

Herreid, SD $83,502

Isabel, SD $82,779

Keldron, SD $83,178

Lantry, SD $82,875

Lemmon, SD $83,489

Little Eagle, SD $83,569

Lodgepole, SD $83,264

Mc Intosh, SD $83,303

Mc Laughlin, SD $83,230

Meadow, SD $82,756

Morristown, SD $83,389

Mound City, SD $83,352

Pollock, SD $83,666

Prairie City, SD $83,054

Ralph, SD $83,325

Reva, SD $83,059

Ridgeview, SD $82,876

Timber Lake, SD $82,918

Trail City, SD $82,892

Wakpala, SD $83,232

Walker, SD $83,364

Watauga, SD $83,176

Whitehorse, SD $82,964

Rapid City, SD $80,745

Ellsworth Afb, SD $80,745

Allen, SD $82,950

Batesland, SD $82,984

Montrose, SD $83,053

North Sioux City, SD $82,228

Nunda, SD $83,406

Oldham, SD $83,590

Olivet, SD $83,394

Parker, SD $82,942

Ramona, SD $83,442

Renner, SD $82,671

Rowena, SD $82,615

Rutland, SD $83,332

Salem, SD $83,338

Scotland, SD $83,524

Sinai, SD $83,854

Springfield, SD $83,624

Tabor, SD $83,569

Tea, SD $82,716

Trent, SD $83,031

Tyndall, SD $83,545

Utica, SD $83,400

Valley Springs, SD $82,664

Vermillion, SD $83,419

Viborg, SD $83,232

Volga, SD $83,659

Volin, SD $83,324

Wakonda, SD $83,239

Wentworth, SD $83,302

Winfred, SD $83,343

Worthing, SD $82,795

Yankton, SD $83,738

Sioux Falls, SD $82,594

Vienna, SD $83,809

Wallace, SD $83,758

Waubay, SD $83,719

Webster, SD $83,739

White, SD $83,869

Willow Lake, SD $83,903

Wilmot, SD $83,801

Mitchell, SD $83,814

Alexandria, SD $83,506

Alpena, SD $83,648

Armour, SD $83,476

Artesian, SD $83,635

Avon, SD $83,498

Bonesteel, SD $83,336

Bridgewater, SD $83,282

Canova, SD $83,395

Carpenter, SD $83,842

Carthage, SD $83,654

Cavour, SD $83,765

Chamberlain, SD $83,387

Corsica, SD $83,491

Dante, SD $83,449

Delmont, SD $83,453

Dimock, SD $83,545

Emery, SD $83,420

Ethan, SD $83,590

Fairfax, SD $83,350

Fedora, SD $83,563

Fort Thompson, SD $82,408

Fulton, SD $83,573

Gann Valley, SD $83,215

Geddes, SD $83,370

Harrison, SD $83,433

Highmore, SD $81,828

Stephan, SD $82,190

Hitchcock, SD $83,698

Howard, SD $83,604

Huron, SD $83,983

Iroquois, SD $83,784

Kaylor, SD $83,636

Kimball, SD $83,383

Lake Andes, SD $83,505

Lane, SD $83,823

Letcher, SD $83,597

Marty, SD $83,772

Miller, SD $83,461

Mount Vernon, SD $83,543

New Holland, SD $83,667

Oacoma, SD $83,312

Parkston, SD $83,579

Pickstown, SD $83,632

Plankinton, SD $83,529

Platte, SD $83,387

Pukwana, SD $83,328

Ree Heights, SD $82,912

Saint Lawrence, SD $83,465

Spencer, SD $83,384

Stickney, SD $83,475

Tripp, SD $83,498

Virgil, SD $83,577

Wagner, SD $83,514

Wessington, SD $83,514

Wessington Springs, SD $83,502

White Lake, SD $83,419

Wolsey, SD $83,679

Woonsocket, SD $83,641

Yale, SD $83,833

Aberdeen, SD $83,841

Akaska, SD $83,092

Amherst, SD $83,712

Andover, SD $83,592

Ashton, SD $83,576

Barnard, SD $83,691

Bath, SD $83,665

Bowdle, SD $83,249

Brentford, SD $83,727

Britton, SD $83,948

Claremont, SD $83,641

Columbia, SD $83,541

Conde, SD $83,631

Cresbard, SD $83,424

Doland, SD $83,809

Eureka, SD $83,544

Faulkton, SD $83,417

Ferney, SD $83,935

Frankfort, SD $83,804

Frederick, SD $83,713

Gettysburg, SD $82,634

Groton, SD $83,674

Hecla, SD $83,833

Hosmer, SD $83,410

Houghton, SD $83,478

Hoven, SD $83,182

Ipswich, SD $83,496

Java, SD $83,130

Langford, SD $83,600

Lebanon, SD $82,772

Watertown, SD $83,983

Arlington, SD $83,760

Astoria, SD $83,893

Badger, SD $83,907

Big Stone City, SD $84,028

Bradley, SD $83,732

Brandt, SD $83,837

Bristol, SD $83,665

Bruce, SD $83,746

Bryant, SD $83,866

Castlewood, SD $83,814

Claire City, SD $83,941

Clark, SD $83,876

Clear Lake, SD $83,844

Corona, SD $83,943

De Smet, SD $83,833

Eden, SD $83,684

Erwin, SD $83,780

Estelline, SD $83,801

Florence, SD $83,774

Garden City, SD $83,788

Gary, SD $83,898

Goodwin, SD $83,738

Grenville, SD $83,662

Hayti, SD $83,846

Hazel, SD $83,808

Henry, SD $83,810

Kranzburg, SD $84,122

Labolt, SD $83,747

Lake City, SD $83,824

Lake Norden, SD $83,886

Lake Preston, SD $83,805

Marvin, SD $83,657

Milbank, SD $84,015

New Effington, SD $84,120

Ortley, SD $83,675

Peever, SD $83,787

Raymond, SD $83,829

Revillo, SD $83,797

Rosholt, SD $84,100

Roslyn, SD $83,646

Sisseton, SD $83,838

South Shore, SD $83,682

Stockholm, SD $83,683

Strandburg, SD $83,674

Summit, SD $83,679

Toronto, SD $83,805

Twin Brooks, SD $83,651

Veblen, SD $83,983

City Director Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a City Director'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.

$70,654

Average $82,367/year

$95,957

$5,888

Average $6,864/month

$7,996

$1,359

Average $1,584/week

$1,845

$34

Average $40/hour

$46

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,957	$7,996	$1,845	$46
Average	$82,367	$6,864	$1,584	$40
25th Percentile	$70,654	$5,888	$1,359	$34

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