Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,496
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,924
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,374
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
$51,420
Kept after tax
$43,496
Worth in national money
$49,374
State rank
17
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 $51,420, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 3.98% above the national middle.
- Against other work in South Dakota, this sits in the middle: 235 of 457 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $51,420 you keep $43,496 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,374 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $52,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Dakota's median for hazardous materials removal workers is $51,420, about 3.98% above the national figure and 17 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.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 235 of 457 occupations in South Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $43,496 after the full tax stack, from $51,420. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,374 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $52,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,030 |
| This salary | $51,420 |
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 | $43,496 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,496 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,613 |
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 | $51,420 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,580 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in South Dakota earn under $51,420 and half over. The published range runs $47,400 at the tenth percentile to $58,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $43,496 take-home in South Dakota comes from $51,420. 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 235 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,374 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 235.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,400 to $58,030; 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 $43,496, from $51,420, 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 235 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,374, worked from $51,420, 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 235 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,400 and the top tenth $58,030, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,374 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,496 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,400 to $58,030) 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 $49,374 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 $43,496 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.