Audiologists in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,982
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$18,208
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,845
South Dakota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in South Dakota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$91,190
Kept after tax
$72,982
Worth in national money
$82,845
State rank
33
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for audiologists is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $91,190. That is 33 of 49 states, and about 4.79% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 55 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $91,190 you keep $72,982 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,845 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $92,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- For audiologists, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $91,190, ranking 33 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 4.79%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within South Dakota, audiologists ranks 55 of 457 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $72,982 after the full tax stack, from $91,190. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,845 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $92,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,950 |
| This salary | $91,190 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in South Dakota | $72,982 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,982 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,741 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $91,190 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,693 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of audiologists in South Dakota earn under $91,190 and half over. The published range runs $77,860 at the tenth percentile to $108,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $72,982 take-home in South Dakota comes from $91,190. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 55 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,845 uses one figure for the whole of South Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 457 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 55.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiologists in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,860 to $108,950; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $72,982, from $91,190, assumes a single South Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 55 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,845, worked from $91,190, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular South Dakota address, on work sitting at 55 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,860 at the tenth percentile, $108,950 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $82,845 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $72,982 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,860 to $108,950) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to South Dakota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
South Dakota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $82,845 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
South Dakota levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $72,982 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.