First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,176
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$22,504
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,416
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
$105,680
Kept after tax
$83,176
Worth in national money
$94,416
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $105,680, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 20.75% above the national middle.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 32 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $105,680 you keep $83,176, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $94,416 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $113,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Dakota's median for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers is $105,680, about 20.75% above the national figure and 4 of 51 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, first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers sits 32 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 first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers on $105,680 is $83,176. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $94,416 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 $113,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,380 |
| This salary | $105,680 |
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 | $83,176 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,176 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,822 |
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 | $105,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,186 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,680 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,110 and the ninetieth is $177,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $83,176 take-home in South Dakota comes from $105,680. 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 32 of 457.
- Two cautions on $94,416, the adjusted value of that $105,680 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 32 of 457 locally.
- The South Dakota median of $105,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,110 to $177,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $83,176, from $105,680, 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 32 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $94,416 adjusted figure, worked from $105,680, 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 32 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 32 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $113,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,110 and the top tenth $177,380 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $94,416.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $83,176 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 $113,980. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,110) and the ninetieth ($177,380) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $94,416 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 $83,176 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.