Travel RT · South Dakota · Q3 2026
Travel Respiratory Therapist pay benchmark in South Dakota
Modeled weekly gross wage benchmark
Pre-tax model on a 36-hour week after a disclosed 30% agency-margin assumption. It excludes travel and housing stipends, overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, benefits, and reimbursements. Not a package quote, paycheck, or job offer. How we compute this →
As of 2026-07-19, PayBeacon’s travel Respiratory Therapist benchmark for South Dakota is $1,746/week before tax, modeled from May 2025 BLS wages and FY2024 CMS contract-labor filings; it excludes stipends and premium-pay components.
What this benchmark says
- South Dakota ranks #34 of 52 covered states and jurisdictions for travel RT modeled gross wages.
- This state is 4.9% below the RT median among covered states and jurisdictions ($1,837/week).
- The modeled p25–p75 band spans $444/week, or 25.4% of the point estimate.
- The state contract premium uses 15 valid hospital filings, a moderate sample by PayBeacon’s published thresholds.
- The latest validated source release changed the benchmark by −$376/week (-17.7%) from the prior published snapshot.
- Modeled hourly wage
- $48.51pre-tax · 36-hour week
- Blended facility contract cost
- $69.29derived from direct-patient-care contract costs in CMS filings
- Local staff wage
- $32.81median for staff in this state, BLS
- Contract premium
- 2.11×contract vs staff, SD state · 15 hospitals
- OEWS employment
- 430staff jobs in the BLS sample
- State rank
- #34 of 52covered states and jurisdictions for RT
- Difference from peer median
- -4.9%state median $1,837/wk
Each point is a validated government-source snapshot published on the date shown. This is release history—not a live-job-rate time series.
Vintages — BLS OEWS: May 2025 · CMS HCRIS: FY2024 · State caps: CY2026. Materially updated 2026-07-19. Premium computed from 15 hospital filings (SD state). This is an allied role — the contract premium is nursing-anchored, so treat the estimate as directional.
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Travel RT pay across South Dakota metros
Compare all 1 covered South Dakota metros with the statewide $1,746/week benchmark. The difference column compares each metro with this state benchmark; it is not a live job-rate change.
| Metro | Weekly | Hourly | Vs. state | State order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls, SD | $1,628 | $45.22 | -6.8% | #1 of 1 |
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