Demonstrators and Product Promoters in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,931
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$3,629
12.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,436
South Dakota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the top tenth 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
$29,560
Kept after tax
$25,931
Worth in national money
$29,436
State rank
45
of 48 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 $29,560. That is 45 of 48 states, and about 24.82% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, this job lands at 447. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $29,560 you keep $25,931, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $29,436 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $29,520, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For demonstrators and product promoters, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $29,560, ranking 45 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 24.82%. 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 447 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for demonstrators and product promoters on $29,560 is $25,931. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $29,436 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 $29,520 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Demonstrators and Product Promoters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $29,560 |
| This salary | $29,560 |
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 | $25,931 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,931 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,750 |
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 | $29,560 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,326 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $29,560 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,460 and the ninetieth is $29,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $25,931 take-home in South Dakota comes from $29,560. 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 447 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,436 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 447.
- The South Dakota median of $29,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,460 to $29,560. 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 $25,931, from $29,560, 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 447 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,436, worked from $29,560, 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 447 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,460 and the top tenth $29,560, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,436 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $25,931 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 48 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 ($28,460 to $29,560) 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 $29,436 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 $25,931 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.