Timing Requirements for Wage Payments in South Dakota

All employers are covered by South Dakota's wage payment law.

Cash wages due employees must be paid by every employer at least once each calendar month unless otherwise provided by law, or on agreed upon paydays designated in advance. For manual and clerical employees of employers operating a public service railroad, payment is required semimonthly (on or before the 1st and the 15th day of each calendar month), with 16 days holdover permitted. Daily or weekly payment of wages is permitted. Employees absent on payday must be paid on demand at the usual place of payment. Striking employees must be paid on the next regular payday.