Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,327
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$10,573
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,669
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
$64,900
Kept after tax
$54,327
Worth in national money
$61,669
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $64,900, 41 of 50 states and about 12.4% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 146 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,900 the take-home is $54,327; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $61,669 would nationally. The average comes to $67,940, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota's $64,900 median for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment places it 41 of 50 states, about 12.4% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 146 of 457 in South Dakota places electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in South Dakota, on $64,900, is $54,327 — equivalent to $61,669 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 $67,940 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,800 |
| This salary | $64,900 |
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 | $54,327 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,327 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,762 |
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 | $64,900 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,732 |
| 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 $64,900. The published range is $45,780 up to $88,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $54,327, worked from $64,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 146 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,669 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 146.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,780 to $88,800. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Dakota take-home of $54,327, on $64,900 for work ranking 146 of 457 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 146 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,669, worked from $64,900, 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 146 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 $67,940, 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 $45,780 and the top tenth $88,800, 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 $61,669 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $54,327 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 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $67,940. 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 ($45,780 to $88,800) 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 $61,669 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 $54,327 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.