Coaches and Scouts in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,395
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$4,965
13.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,638
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
$36,360
Kept after tax
$31,395
Worth in national money
$35,638
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for coaches and scouts is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $36,360. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 23.16% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, coaches and scouts lands at 410. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,360 the take-home is $31,395; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,638 would nationally. The average comes to $44,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For coaches and scouts, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $36,360, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 23.16%. 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 410 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.
- Post-tax income for coaches and scouts in South Dakota, on $36,360, is $31,395 — equivalent to $35,638 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $44,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Coaches and Scouts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,280 |
| This salary | $36,360 |
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 | $31,395 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,395 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,330 |
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 | $36,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,027 |
| 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 $36,360. The published range is $28,270 up to $64,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $31,395, from $36,360, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 410 of 457 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,638 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 410.
- Reported values are medians; for coaches and scouts in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,270 to $64,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,395 from $36,360. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 410 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,638, worked from $36,360, 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 410 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,290 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $28,270, the highest tenth $64,280, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $35,638 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,395 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in South Dakota is $44,290. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,270) and the ninetieth ($64,280) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $35,638 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 $31,395 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.