First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,936
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,744
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,820
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
$60,680
Kept after tax
$50,936
Worth in national money
$57,820
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Dakota is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $60,680. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 180 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,680 you keep $50,936, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,820 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $59,760, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- South Dakota ranks 21 of 51 for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers at $60,680. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 180 of 457 in South Dakota places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers on $60,680 is $50,936. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,820 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 $59,760 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,450 |
| This salary | $60,680 |
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 | $50,936 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,403 |
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 | $60,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,635 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in South Dakota earn under $60,680 and half over. The published range runs $43,700 at the tenth percentile to $80,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,936 take-home in South Dakota comes from $60,680. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 180 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,820 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 180.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,700 to $80,450; 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.
- Retained pay of $50,936, from $60,680, assumes a single South Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 180 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,820, worked from $60,680, 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 180 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,700 at the tenth percentile, $80,450 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 $57,820 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,936 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,700 to $80,450) 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 $57,820 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 $50,936 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.