First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,243
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,617
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,951
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
$49,860
Kept after tax
$42,243
Worth in national money
$47,951
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Dakota pays this job around $49,860 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 255.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,860 you keep $42,243, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $47,951 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of personal service workers the South Dakota median is $49,860, ranking 18 of 51 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.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 255 of 457 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of personal service workers on $49,860 is $42,243. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $47,951 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 $53,290 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,590 |
| This salary | $49,860 |
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 | $42,243 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,243 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,481 |
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 | $49,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,419 |
| 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 $49,860. The published range is $40,930 up to $75,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $42,243, from $49,860, 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 255 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 $47,951 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 255.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,930 to $75,590. 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 $42,243 from $49,860. 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 255 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,951, worked from $49,860, 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 255 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 $53,290, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,930 at the tenth percentile, $75,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $47,951.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $42,243 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $53,290. 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 ($40,930 to $75,590) 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 $47,951 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 $42,243 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.