First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,281
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$14,119
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,833
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
$77,400
Kept after tax
$63,281
Worth in national money
$71,833
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Dakota pays this job around $77,400 at the midpoint, 26 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 93 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,400 you keep $63,281, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,833 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $76,600, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers the South Dakota median is $77,400, ranking 26 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within South Dakota, first-line supervisors of correctional officers ranks 93 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of correctional officers on $77,400 is $63,281. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,833 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 $76,600 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,820 |
| This salary | $77,400 |
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 | $63,281 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,281 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,712 |
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 | $77,400 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,271 |
| 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 $77,400. The published range is $61,890 up to $88,820, 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 $63,281, worked from $77,400. 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 93 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,833 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 93.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,890 to $88,820. 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 $63,281, on $77,400 for work ranking 93 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 93 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,833, worked from $77,400, 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 93 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,890 at the bottom tenth to $88,820 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $71,833 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $63,281 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 49 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 ($61,890 to $88,820) 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 $71,833 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 $63,281 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.