Financial Specialists, All Other in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,514
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$16,746
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,908
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
$86,260
Kept after tax
$69,514
Worth in national money
$78,908
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Dakota pays financial specialists, all other a middle wage of $86,260, ranking 12 of 50 states and sitting about 6.36% above the national middle.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, financial specialists, all other ranks 64 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $86,260 you keep $69,514, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,908 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $85,380, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- South Dakota's median for financial specialists, all other is $86,260, about 6.36% above the national figure and 12 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, financial specialists, all other sits 64 of 457 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for financial specialists, all other on $86,260 is $69,514. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,908 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 $85,380 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,400 |
| This salary | $86,260 |
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 | $69,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,514 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,373 |
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 | $86,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,185 |
| 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 $86,260. The published range is $63,130 up to $112,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $69,514, from $86,260, 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 64 of 457 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $78,908, the adjusted value of that $86,260 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Dakota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 64 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for financial specialists, all other in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,130 to $112,400. 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 $69,514 from $86,260. 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 64 of 457 locally.
- This $78,908 adjusted figure, worked from $86,260, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 64 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $63,130 and the top tenth $112,400, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $78,908 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $69,514 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 50 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 ($63,130 to $112,400) 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 $78,908 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 $69,514 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.