Get a local business phone number in Salem, SD

What area code is Salem, SD?

With 1,315 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Salem sits in McCook County, South Dakota. All 4 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 605. Salem is in the Central and Mountain time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 605 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Salem

3 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to Salem's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - SD has the most, with 2. 3 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Local prefixes for Salem

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Salem. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2004. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

How local numbers work in Salem

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Salem, those come from the SALEM rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

If your business already has a Salem number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Who does business near Salem

Salem is part of the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area, home to 308,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 9,170 business establishments in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area in 2023, employing 160,101 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (1,254), retail trade (1,062), and health care and social assistance (913).

Business phone service in Salem

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Salem is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

A 17-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $510.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $424.15. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.