Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,101
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,849
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,385
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
$45,950
Kept after tax
$39,101
Worth in national money
$44,385
State rank
36
of 49 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 $45,950. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 1.56% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in South Dakota, this sits in the middle: 315 of 457 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,950 you keep $39,101 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,385 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $45,950, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 1.56%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ranks 315 of 457 occupations in South Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $39,101 after the full tax stack, from $45,950. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,385 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,640 |
| This salary | $45,950 |
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 | $39,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,101 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,147 |
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 | $45,950 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,016 |
| 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 $45,950. The published range is $36,670 up to $57,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,101 take-home in South Dakota comes from $45,950. 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 315 of 457.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,385, the adjusted value of that $45,950 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 315 of 457 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,670 to $57,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,101, from $45,950, 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 315 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $44,385 — the adjusted value of that $45,950 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 315 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,670 at the tenth percentile, $57,640 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,385.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,101 of this wage reaches your account, because South Dakota takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,670 to $57,640) 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 $44,385 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 $39,101 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.