Industrial Engineers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,396
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$18,804
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,450
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
$93,200
Kept after tax
$74,396
Worth in national money
$84,450
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is among the lower-paying states for industrial engineers. The middle earner takes $93,200, ranking 51 of 51 states — about 9.02% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 457 occupations South Dakota reports, industrial engineers comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $93,200 the take-home is $74,396; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,450 would nationally. The average comes to $97,100, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 51 of 51 for industrial engineers, with a median of $93,200 — about 9.02% 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.
- Industrial engineers ranks 51 of 457 occupations by median in South Dakota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for industrial engineers in South Dakota, on $93,200, is $74,396 — equivalent to $84,450 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 $97,100 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,500 |
| This salary | $93,200 |
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 | $74,396 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,891 |
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 | $93,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,900 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,200 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,310 and the ninetieth is $128,500 — 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 $74,396, worked from $93,200. 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 51 of 457.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,450, the adjusted value of that $93,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 51 of 457 in the state.
- The South Dakota median of $93,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,310 to $128,500. 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 $74,396, on $93,200 for work ranking 51 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 51 of 457 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $84,450 — the adjusted value of that $93,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 51 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 $97,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $69,310 at the tenth percentile, $128,500 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $84,450.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $74,396 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?
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 $97,100. 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 ($69,310 to $128,500) 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 $84,450 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 $74,396 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.