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Minimum wage laws protect all employees, whether or not they receive tips. Employees are entitled to earn the full minimum wage per hour as set by federal or state law. Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The minimum wage in South Dakota is $8.50 (as of January 1, 2015). Employees in South Dakota are entitled to the higher rate of $8.50 an hour. State laws differ as to whether the employer must pay the full minimum wage itself or may count an employeeâs tips toward its minimum wage obligation.
South Dakota reimburses its almost 600 mechanical engineers with an hourly mean wage of $34.07, which translates to almost $71,000 per year on average. Even though experienced mechanical engineers can earn close to $100,000 per year, graduates receive $51,820 or less in their first few years.