Education Administrators, All Other in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,504
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$23,486
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,059
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
$108,990
Kept after tax
$85,504
Worth in national money
$97,059
State rank
8
of 49 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 $108,990, ranking 8 of 49 states and sitting about 14.49% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 28 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $108,990 you keep $85,504 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $97,059 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $106,390.
- South Dakota's median for education administrators, all other is $108,990, about 14.49% above the national figure and 8 of 49 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, education administrators, all other ranks 28 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.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $85,504 after the full tax stack, from $108,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,059 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $106,390 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,490 |
| This salary | $108,990 |
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 | $85,504 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,504 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$9,069 |
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 | $108,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,527 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of education administrators, all other in South Dakota earn under $108,990 and half over. The published range runs $71,760 at the tenth percentile to $132,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $85,504, from $108,990, 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 28 of 457 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,059, the adjusted value of that $108,990 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 28 of 457 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,760 to $132,490; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,504 from $108,990. 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 28 of 457 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $97,059 — the adjusted value of that $108,990 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 28 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $71,760 and the top tenth $132,490, 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 $97,059 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $85,504 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 49 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 ($71,760 to $132,490) 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 $97,059 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 $85,504 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.