Home Appliance Repairers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,218
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,122
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,653
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
$47,340
Kept after tax
$40,218
Worth in national money
$45,653
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is among the lower-paying states for home appliance repairers. The middle earner takes $47,340, ranking 35 of 50 states — about 7.16% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Home appliance repairers ranks 296 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,340 you keep $40,218 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,653 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Dakota ranks 35 of 50 for home appliance repairers, with a median of $47,340 — about 7.16% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 296 of 457 in South Dakota places home appliance repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $40,218 after the full tax stack, from $47,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,653 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Home Appliance Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,030 |
| This salary | $47,340 |
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 | $40,218 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,218 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,266 |
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 | $47,340 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,159 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,340 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,200 and the ninetieth is $62,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $40,218, worked from $47,340. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 296 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,653 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 296.
- The South Dakota median of $47,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,200 to $62,030. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Dakota take-home of $40,218, on $47,340 for work ranking 296 of 457 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 296 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,653, worked from $47,340, 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 296 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,200 at the bottom tenth to $62,030 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,653 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,218 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,200 to $62,030) 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 $45,653 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 $40,218 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.