The median advertised pay for a travel PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) contract in South Dakota is $2,827 per week, with the middle half between $2,826 and $2,828. Measured across 2 active travel PACU contracts in South Dakota at 1 facilities, as of 2026-09-15.
Advertised weekly totals, taxable base plus tax-free stipends. Not take-home. With only 2 open contracts in South Dakota, treat that median as an indication rather than a rate: the contracts below are the useful part of this page.
That is 20 percent over the $2,353 national median for travel PACU contracts.
South Dakota is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so an active multistate license covers you here. A single-state license from elsewhere does not. The compact state list explains which states issue one.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| $2,800 to $2,850 | 2 |
| $2,850 to $2,900 | 0 |
| $2,900 to $2,950 | 0 |
| $2,950 to $3,000 | 0 |
| $3,000 to $3,050 | 0 |
| $3,050 to $3,100 | 0 |
All 2 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
South Dakota has the 46th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 11 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 32 percent under, while goods sit 5 percent under and services 8 percent under. That matters more than the headline number, because housing is the part a tax-free stipend is meant to cover and the rest comes out of taxed wages.
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