Facilities Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,080
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$21,200
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,902
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
$101,280
Kept after tax
$80,080
Worth in national money
$90,902
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota sits in the middle of the pack for facilities managers. The median is $101,280, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 457 occupations South Dakota reports, facilities managers comes in at 38 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $101,280 the take-home is $80,080; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $90,902 would nationally. The average comes to $104,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota occupies the middle band for facilities managers: a median of $101,280, ranking 30 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Facilities managers ranks 38 of 457 occupations by median in South Dakota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for facilities managers in South Dakota, on $101,280, is $80,080 — equivalent to $90,902 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 $104,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Facilities Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,560 |
| This salary | $101,280 |
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 | $80,080 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,080 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,494 |
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 | $101,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$11,733 |
| 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 $101,280. The published range is $75,630 up to $134,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $80,080, from $101,280, 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 38 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 $90,902 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 38.
- Reported values are medians; for facilities managers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,630 to $134,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,080 from $101,280. 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 38 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,902, worked from $101,280, 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 38 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $104,360, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,630 at the tenth percentile, $134,560 at the ninetieth.
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 $90,902 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $80,080 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $104,360. 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 ($75,630 to $134,560) 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 $90,902 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 $80,080 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.