Virtual receptionist in Sioux Falls, SD-MN: cost vs in-house

Pay in Sioux Falls against South Dakota and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $48,590, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in Sioux Falls earns $32,260–$46,010. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,750 wide, wider than in South Dakota as a whole ($12,100) and the US ($11,170), so what a virtual receptionist earns in Sioux Falls depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,450 a year in pay and about $9,613 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $6,300 in pay. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $38,010 falls between the 25th percentile and the median in Sioux Falls, and the South Dakota statewide median of $38,280 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Sioux Falls

At the $38,560 median, a local hire costs about $49,755 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,195 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Sioux Falls

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls; project coordinators have the highest, at $84,190.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls (+1.4%), between e-commerce order specialists (+3.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-1.2%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in Sioux Falls than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 13.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Sioux Falls, 13.3% across South Dakota and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $37,350 in the East South Dakota nonmetro area to $38,560 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $1,210 a year. No other area in South Dakota has as many virtual receptionists, and all 3 others pay less.

Sioux Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux Falls is #65 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside South Dakota, Janesville-Beloit and Bismarck pay just above Sioux Falls and Rochester and Salem just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Sioux Falls. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, two pay more.

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