Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,404
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$5,456
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,918
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
$38,860
Kept after tax
$33,404
Worth in national money
$37,918
State rank
44
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $38,860. That is 44 of 45 states, and about 26.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, this job lands at 385. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,860 you keep $33,404 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $37,918 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- For audiovisual equipment installers and repairers, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $38,860, ranking 44 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 26.12%. 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, this work ranks 385 of 457 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $33,404 after the full tax stack, from $38,860. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,918 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,470 |
| This salary | $38,860 |
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 | $33,404 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,404 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,543 |
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 | $38,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,285 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Dakota earn less than $38,860. The published range is $36,240 up to $43,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $33,404, worked from $38,860. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 385 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,918 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 385.
- Reported values are medians; for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,240 to $43,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Dakota take-home of $33,404, on $38,860 for work ranking 385 of 457 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 385 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,918, worked from $38,860, 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 385 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,240 at the bottom tenth to $43,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in South Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $37,918 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $33,404 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,240 to $43,470) 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 $37,918 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 $33,404 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.