Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,836
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$20,254
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,355
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
$98,090
Kept after tax
$77,836
Worth in national money
$88,355
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $98,090, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 31.95% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 44 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $98,090 the take-home is $77,836; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $88,355 would nationally. The average lands at $89,270, below the middle of the range.
- South Dakota's median for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door is $98,090, about 31.95% above the national figure and 10 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within South Dakota, control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door ranks 44 of 457 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in South Dakota, on $98,090, is $77,836 — equivalent to $88,355 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 $89,270 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,770 |
| This salary | $98,090 |
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 | $77,836 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,836 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,256 |
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 | $98,090 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$11,404 |
| 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 $98,090. The published range is $57,870 up to $105,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $77,836 take-home in South Dakota comes from $98,090. 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 44 of 457.
- Two cautions on $88,355, the adjusted value of that $98,090 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Dakota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 44 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,870 to $105,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $77,836, from $98,090, 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 44 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $88,355 adjusted figure, worked from $98,090, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 44 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 44 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $89,270, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $57,870 and the top tenth $105,770, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $88,355.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $77,836 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $89,270. 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 ($57,870 to $105,770) 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 $88,355 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 $77,836 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.