Human Resources Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,794
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$26,136
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,199
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
$117,930
Kept after tax
$91,794
Worth in national money
$104,199
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is among the lower-paying states for human resources managers. The middle earner takes $117,930, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 21% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 25 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $117,930 the take-home is $91,794; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $104,199 would nationally. The average comes to $127,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 45 of 51 for human resources managers, with a median of $117,930 — about 21% 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.
- Within South Dakota, human resources managers ranks 25 of 457 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for human resources managers in South Dakota, on $117,930, is $91,794 — equivalent to $104,199 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $127,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $176,930 |
| This salary | $117,930 |
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 | $91,794 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,794 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$9,736 |
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 | $117,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$13,729 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $117,930 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,780 and the ninetieth is $176,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $91,794 take-home in South Dakota comes from $117,930. 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 25 of 457.
- Two cautions on $104,199, the adjusted value of that $117,930 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 25 of 457 locally.
- The South Dakota median of $117,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,780 to $176,930. 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 $91,794, from $117,930, 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 25 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $104,199 adjusted figure, worked from $117,930, 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 25 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 25 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $127,430 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $83,780, the highest tenth $176,930, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $104,199 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $91,794 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $127,430. 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 ($83,780) and the ninetieth ($176,930) 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 $104,199 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 $91,794 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.