Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,027
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,543
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,247
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
$54,570
Kept after tax
$46,027
Worth in national money
$52,247
State rank
44
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $54,570, 44 of 45 states and about 17.47% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 216.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $54,570 the take-home is $46,027; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,247 would nationally. The average comes to $58,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota's $54,570 median for industrial engineering technologists and technicians places it 44 of 45 states, about 17.47% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, industrial engineering technologists and technicians sits at 216 of 457 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in South Dakota, on $54,570, is $46,027 — equivalent to $52,247 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 $58,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,990 |
| This salary | $54,570 |
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 | $46,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,027 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,882 |
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 | $54,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,904 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Dakota earn less than $54,570. The published range is $42,890 up to $80,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $46,027, worked from $54,570. 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 216 of 457.
- Two cautions on $52,247, the adjusted value of that $54,570 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 216 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,890 to $80,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Dakota take-home of $46,027, on $54,570 for work ranking 216 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 216 of 457 in the state.
- This $52,247 adjusted figure, worked from $54,570, 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 216 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 216 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,490, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,890 at the bottom tenth to $80,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,247 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $46,027 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $58,490. 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 ($42,890 to $80,990) 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 $52,247 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 $46,027 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.