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BCBA salary in South Dakota
What BCBA roles are advertised at, and the South Dakota factors that change the number.
How much does a BCBA earn in South Dakota?
BCBA advertised pay by experience
- Entry
- $75k
- First role after certification
- Mid-career
- $92k
- Two to five years, full caseload
- Senior
- $115k
- Supervisory scope or specialist skill
What changes a BCBA offer in South Dakota
- South Dakota licenses behavior analysts through the Board of Social Work Examiners with an ABA advisory committee.
- Setting: Center-based ABA clinics, In-home ABA, School districts and contracted school services price differently for the same credential.
- Caseload cap and billable or productivity target, which decide whether a bonus is real.
- Metro cost of living within the state; a city premium is not the same as a better offer.
- Scarcity: The single most requested role we recruit. Demand is heaviest in center-based and hybrid ABA across Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and the Carolinas, and strongest of all for BCBAs willing to carry a supervisory caseload.
Why we do not publish a SD average
We publish what we actually see advertised on roles we recruit. We do not hold a statistically valid state-level survey, and there is no federal wage series for this credential, so quoting a South Dakota average would be guesswork dressed as data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics wage dataLast reviewed August 2026.
Live BCBA roles in South Dakota
No live BCBA roles in South Dakota right now. Tell us your license status and target setting and we will contact you when the next South Dakota search opens.
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Center-Based BCBA Jobs in Hartford, CT
BCBA role in Hartford, Connecticut, paying $93,000 - $117,500 a year, offering a capped caseload of 8 to 10 learners in one building, with authorizations handled by a dedicated admin team. Take a Seat People recruits this role directly with the employer, and we confirm caseload, supervision and pay in writing before the job goes live.
- Employer
- Confidential BCBA provider — Hartford, CT
- Location
- Hartford, CT
- Advertised pay
- $93,000 - $117,500
- Contract
- full time · BCBA
Remote BCBA Jobs - Telehealth Supervision, Nationwide (US)
A fully remote BCBA role delivering telehealth supervision, parent training and program writing for families across multiple states, paying $88,000 to $108,000. You need licensure in at least one state we serve and the willingness to add others, with all licensing costs reimbursed. Take a Seat People confirms caseload, supervision and pay in writing before a remote role goes live.
- Employer
- Confidential BCBA provider — Remote (US)
- Location
- Remote (US) · Remote
- Advertised pay
- $88,000 - $108,000
- Contract
- full time · BCBA
Adult and IDD Services BCBA Jobs in Hartford, CT
BCBA role in Hartford, Connecticut, paying $92,000 - $116,500 a year, offering adult and IDD caseloads in day programs and group homes, with waiver-funded services and a stable weekday schedule. Take a Seat People recruits this role directly with the employer, and we confirm caseload, supervision and pay in writing before the job goes live.
- Employer
- Confidential BCBA provider — Hartford, CT
- Location
- Hartford, CT
- Advertised pay
- $92,000 - $116,500
- Contract
- full time · BCBA
Early Intervention BCBA Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT
BCBA role in Salt Lake City, Utah, paying $77,500 - $97,500 a year, offering a birth-to-five caseload using naturalistic teaching, co-located with speech and occupational therapy. Take a Seat People recruits this role directly with the employer, and we confirm caseload, supervision and pay in writing before the job goes live.
- Employer
- Confidential BCBA provider — Salt Lake City, UT
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Advertised pay
- $77,500 - $97,500
- Contract
- full time · BCBA
Center-Based BCBA Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT
BCBA role in Salt Lake City, Utah, paying $76,500 - $96,500 a year, offering a capped caseload of 8 to 10 learners in one building, with authorizations handled by a dedicated admin team. Take a Seat People recruits this role directly with the employer, and we confirm caseload, supervision and pay in writing before the job goes live.
- Employer
- Confidential BCBA provider — Salt Lake City, UT
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Advertised pay
- $76,500 - $96,500
- Contract
- full time · BCBA
How to work as a BCBA in South Dakota
- 1
Confirm the credential
BCBA certification with BACB, plus state licensure where required. This is the baseline every South Dakota employer screens on before anything else.
- 2
Check the SD requirement
South Dakota licenses behavior analysts through the Board of Social Work Examiners with an ABA advisory committee.
- 3
Check the multi-state routes
PSYPACT: enacted; Counseling Compact: enacted (privileges not yet live) Compact participation changes, so confirm the current position with the South Dakota board rather than a secondary source.
- 4
Build board processing into your start date
Processing time, not eligibility, is the usual cause of a delayed start. Agree a start date with the licensing timeline already in it.
- 5
Match the credential to open work
Compare the advertised range for BCBA roles, roughly $75k – $115k, against the live South Dakota vacancies on this page, or join the talent network to be contacted when the next South Dakota search opens.
Continue with BCBA in South Dakota
- BCBA jobs in South DakotaEvery live BCBA vacancy we hold in SD
- All BCBA jobsThe national board for this credential
- National BCBA salary guideEntry, mid-career and senior figures
- South Dakota market and licensureMetros, boards and compact status
- How to become a BCBAThe steps to becoming a BCBA, in order: qualifying degree, coursework, supervised fieldwork, the BACB exam and state licensure — plus what each stage means for getting hired.
- RBT to BCBA: making the step deliberatelyHow technicians move from RBT to BCBA without stalling: choosing an employer for supervision quality, protecting fieldwork hours, and what the step is worth.
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BCBA pay and licensure in South Dakota: common questions
- Do you need a license to work as a BCBA in South Dakota?
- South Dakota licenses behavior analysts through the Board of Social Work Examiners with an ABA advisory committee. Confirm the current position with the South Dakota board before you accept a start date, as processing time is the usual cause of a delayed start.
- What is the average BCBA salary in South Dakota?
- There is no federal wage series for BCBAs, because the credential has no separate occupation code, and we do not hold a statistically valid South Dakota survey. What we can publish is advertised pay on the BCBA roles we recruit: roughly $75k – $115k across the US, moved by setting, caseload and metro cost of living.
- Does BCBA pay in South Dakota differ from the rest of the US?
- We publish advertised pay on the roles we recruit, not a South Dakota average. Across the US those BCBA roles are advertised at roughly $75k – $115k, and where a South Dakota offer lands inside that band is driven by setting, caseload and metro cost of living.
- Where are the BCBA jobs in South Dakota?
- Sioux Falls anchors almost all clinic-based hiring; elsewhere schools and tribal health services are the main employers. The live BCBA vacancies we hold in South Dakota are listed on this page; when nothing is open there today, the national BCBA board carries every role we currently hold.
- Who employs BCBAs in South Dakota?
- The employers hiring this credential are center-based aba clinics, in-home aba, school districts and contracted school services, early intervention programs, telehealth supervision, idd and adult services. Which of those dominates in South Dakota follows the local funding and provider mix rather than any national pattern, and it is the single biggest driver of what an offer looks like: the same BCBA is priced differently by a center-based provider, a school district and a hospital system.
- What do employers look for when hiring a BCBA in South Dakota?
- First, the credential and the right to practise: bcba certification with bacb, plus state licensure where required. South Dakota licenses behavior analysts through the Board of Social Work Examiners with an ABA advisory committee. After that, hiring managers screen on the specifics of the work — caseload size you have carried, the settings you have worked in, supervision responsibility, and documentation or payer experience. Availability matters too: a realistic start date that accounts for board processing usually beats a stronger resume that cannot start.
- What does the salary range on this page actually mean?
- Two different things, kept separate on purpose. $75k – $115k is what BCBA roles we recruit are advertised at across the US — a live market signal, not a survey. There is no federal wage series for this credential, so no official South Dakota median exists to compare it against. Neither number is an offer; where you land inside a range is set by setting, caseload and metro cost of living.
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Hiring BCBAs in South Dakota
Pay is the last thing that fixes a stalled search
BCBA searches are won on caseload size, billable expectations, supervision ratio and PTO, not headline salary. We qualify all four before we take a role to market.