Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,875
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,305
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,858
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
$43,180
Kept after tax
$36,875
Worth in national money
$41,858
State rank
35
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 $43,180. That is 35 of 48 states, and about 5.82% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, this job lands at 356. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,180 the take-home is $36,875; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,858 would nationally. The average comes to $44,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $43,180, ranking 35 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 5.82%. 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 356 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.
- Post-tax income for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers in South Dakota, on $43,180, is $36,875 — equivalent to $41,858 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 $44,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,870 |
| This salary | $43,180 |
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 | $36,875 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,875 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,911 |
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 | $43,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,730 |
| 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 electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers in South Dakota earn under $43,180 and half over. The published range runs $37,220 at the tenth percentile to $51,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $36,875, from $43,180, 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 356 of 457 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,858 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 356.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,220 to $51,870; 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 $36,875 from $43,180. 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 356 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,858, worked from $43,180, 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 356 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,220 and the top tenth $51,870, 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 $41,858.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $36,875 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,220 to $51,870) 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 $41,858 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 $36,875 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.