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SOC 27-1025 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Interior Designers — Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD-MN

$68,200 /year
$32.79per hour
90jobs in area
+1.5%vs US median

At $68,200, median pay for Interior Designers in Sioux Falls, SD tracks the national median of $67,190 closely.

Wage distribution · annual

Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners

US MEDIAN $67,19010TH$49,000MEDIAN$68,20075TH$95,68090TH$126,710

How pay has moved

$71,423$52,0882019202020212022202320242025$68,200
$55,310 in 2019 to $68,200 in 2025, +23.3% before inflation. BLS states that OEWS estimates are not designed for comparison across years: the occupational classification, the sampling frame and the survey method have all changed inside this window. Read the direction, not the exact difference.

The next ten years

Projected to grow about as fast as average

Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
+3.2%
Openings per year
7,800
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree

Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.

21.2% of people in this occupation work for themselves.

Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Sioux Falls, SD-MN.

Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.

Salary overview

At $68,200, median pay for Interior Designers in Sioux Falls, SD tracks the national median of $67,190 closely. Pay ranges from under $49,000 at the tenth percentile to more than $126,710 at the ninetieth, with the interquartile range running from $62,060 to $95,680.

The area has 90 jobs in this occupation, giving a location quotient of 1.09 — a measure of how concentrated the occupation is here relative to the country as a whole. Of the 395 occupations with published wages in this area, it sits 105th.

Percentile breakdown

Annual wages by percentile · Sioux Falls, SD-MN · May 2025
PercentileAnnualvs US median
10th$49,000−27.1%
25th$62,060−7.6%
Median (50th)$68,200+1.5%
75th$95,680+42.4%
90th$126,710+88.6%
Mean$78,600+17.0%

Why the average earner is usually not a typical earner

What the pay is worth locally

Prices in Sioux Falls run 9.4% below the national average, so the median of $68,200 goes as far as $75,276 would elsewhere in the country. Measured that way it compares to the national median at 12.0% above the national median in real terms.

Published median

$68,200as reported by BLS

Local price level

90.6US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Adjusted for local prices

$75,276US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest

Key takeaways

  • Median pay is $68,200 a year, 1.5% above the national median.
  • Published pay spans $49,000 to $126,710 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
  • The area has 90 jobs in this occupation.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage for Interior Designers in Sioux Falls, SD?

The median annual wage is $68,200, or $32.79 per hour, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.

Is that higher than the national average?

The national median for this occupation is $67,190, so pay in Sioux Falls, SD is 1.5% higher. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.

What do the top earners make?

The top tenth of this occupation in Sioux Falls, SD earns more than $126,710 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.

What is the starting range?

The tenth percentile wage is $49,000 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.

How many jobs are there in this occupation here?

The survey estimates 90 jobs in this occupation in Sioux Falls, SD. Self-employed workers are not included.

Source and methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.