Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,232
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,838
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,615
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
$56,070
Kept after tax
$47,232
Worth in national money
$53,615
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $56,070, 48 of 49 states and about 15.39% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 210.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $56,070 you keep $47,232, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,615 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $55,040, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- South Dakota's $56,070 median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school places it 48 of 49 states, about 15.39% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, secondary school sits at 210 of 457 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for career/technical education teachers, secondary school on $56,070 is $47,232. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,615 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $55,040 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,500 |
| This salary | $56,070 |
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 | $47,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,010 |
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 | $56,070 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,059 |
| 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 $56,070. The published range is $46,990 up to $61,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,232 take-home in South Dakota comes from $56,070. 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 210 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,615 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 210.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,990 to $61,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,232, from $56,070, 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 210 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,615, worked from $56,070, 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 210 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,990 at the tenth percentile, $61,500 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,615 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,232 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?
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 ($46,990 to $61,500) 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 $53,615 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 $47,232 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.