Computer Occupations, All Other in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,958
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$22,412
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,169
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
$105,370
Kept after tax
$82,958
Worth in national money
$94,169
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Dakota pays this job around $105,370 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 33 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $105,370 you keep $82,958, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $94,169 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $109,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer occupations, all other the South Dakota median is $105,370, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, computer occupations, all other sits 33 of 457 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for computer occupations, all other on $105,370 is $82,958. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $94,169 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 $109,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Occupations, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,430 |
| This salary | $105,370 |
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 | $82,958 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,958 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,799 |
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 | $105,370 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,154 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,370 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,900 and the ninetieth is $149,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,958 take-home in South Dakota comes from $105,370. 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 33 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 $94,169, the adjusted value of that $105,370 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 33 of 457 in the state.
- The South Dakota median of $105,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,900 to $149,430. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $82,958, from $105,370, 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 33 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $94,169 — the adjusted value of that $105,370 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 33 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 $109,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,900 at the tenth percentile, $149,430 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 $94,169.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $82,958 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $109,740. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,900 to $149,430) 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 $94,169 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 $82,958 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.