General and Operations Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,179
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$32,221
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$119,393
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
$137,400
Kept after tax
$105,179
Worth in national money
$119,393
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $137,400, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 29.9% above the national middle.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $137,400 you keep $105,179 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $119,393 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $153,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Dakota ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for general and operations managers, at $137,400 — about 29.9% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 12 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.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $105,179 after the full tax stack, from $137,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $119,393 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $153,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $232,000 |
| This salary | $137,400 |
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 | $105,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,179 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$11,156 |
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 | $137,400 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$15,861 |
| 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 general and operations managers in South Dakota earn under $137,400 and half over. The published range runs $85,990 at the tenth percentile to $232,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $105,179, from $137,400, 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 12 of 457 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $119,393, the adjusted value of that $137,400 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 12 of 457 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $85,990 to $232,000; 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.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $105,179 from $137,400. 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 12 of 457 locally.
- This $119,393 adjusted figure, worked from $137,400, 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 12 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 12 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 $153,020, 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 $85,990 and the top tenth $232,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $119,393 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $105,179 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $153,020. 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 ($85,990) and the ninetieth ($232,000) 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 $119,393 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 $105,179 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.