Floral Designers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,427
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$4,483
13.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,403
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
$33,910
Kept after tax
$29,427
Worth in national money
$33,403
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for floral designers is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $33,910. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 9.23% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, floral designers lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $33,910 you keep $29,427 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,403 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $36,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- For floral designers, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $33,910, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 9.23%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within South Dakota, this work ranks 428 of 457 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $29,427 after the full tax stack, from $33,910. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,403 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $36,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,670 |
| This salary | $33,910 |
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 | $29,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,427 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,121 |
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 | $33,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,775 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,910 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,280 and the ninetieth is $45,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,427 take-home in South Dakota comes from $33,910. 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 428 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,403 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 428.
- The South Dakota median of $33,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,280 to $45,670. 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 $29,427, from $33,910, 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 428 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,403, worked from $33,910, 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 428 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 $36,240, 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 — $32,280 at the tenth percentile, $45,670 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 $33,403 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $29,427 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?
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 $36,240. 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 ($32,280 to $45,670) 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 $33,403 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 $29,427 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.