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Salary Schedule & Benefits Information

This document outlines the pay grades and salary ranges for the Unified Judicial System positions.

Total Compensation Information & Incentives

Working for the Unified Judicial System offers more than just a paycheck—it includes a variety of benefits and incentives. Discover them here!

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Accounting Manager (Job ID 36850)

  • Pierre, State Court Administrator's Office
  • Close Date: 08/18/2026

Serves as a lead worker for the budgetary and clerks accounting systems of the Unified Judicial System.

Bailiff (Job ID 36022)

  • Vermillion, First Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position maintains order during the trial and oversees the jurors.

Court Reporter (Job ID 36340)

  • Deadwood or Sturgis, Fourth Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position reports, transcribes, and serves as the guardian of the verbatim stenographic record of official court proceedings in an accurate, impartial, and confidential manner.

Court Reporter (Job ID 36943)

  • Rapid City, Seventh Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position reports, transcribes, and serves as the guardian of the verbatim stenographic record of official court proceedings in an accurate, impartial, and confidential manner.

Deputy Court Clerk - Magistrate I (Job ID 36868

  • Deadwood, Fourth Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position ensures the court record by maintaining case files, scheduling hearings, implementing procedures for monetary dispositions, and assisting in court proceedings for various case types. It also provides customer service, performs magistrate duties as needed, and acts as the court clerk in their absence.

Deputy Court Clerk - Magistrate I (Job ID 36945)

  • Custer, Seventh Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position ensures the court record by maintaining case files, scheduling hearings, implementing procedures for monetary dispositions, and assisting in court proceedings for various case types. It also provides customer service, performs magistrate duties as needed, and acts as the court clerk in their absence.

Deputy Court Clerk I (Job ID 36825)

  • Yankton, First Judicial Circuit
  • Close Date: Until Filled

This position ensures the court record by maintaining case files, scheduling hearings, implementing procedures for monetary dispositions, and assisting in court proceedings for various case types. It also provides customer service and acts as the court clerk in their absence.

Legal Secretary (Job ID 36656)

  • Pierre, South Dakota Supreme Court
  • Close Date: Until Filled

Provides administrative support to the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court law clerks, and Supreme Court staff attorneys.

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