Industrial Production Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,449
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$23,041
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,862
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
$107,490
Kept after tax
$84,449
Worth in national money
$95,862
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is among the lower-paying states for industrial production managers. The middle earner takes $107,490, ranking 47 of 50 states — about 14.73% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial production managers ranks 29 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $107,490 the take-home is $84,449; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $95,862 would nationally. The average comes to $117,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 47 of 50 for industrial production managers, with a median of $107,490 — about 14.73% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, industrial production managers sits 29 of 457 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for industrial production managers in South Dakota, on $107,490, is $84,449 — equivalent to $95,862 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 $117,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,240 |
| This salary | $107,490 |
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 | $84,449 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,449 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,957 |
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 | $107,490 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,373 |
| 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 industrial production managers in South Dakota earn under $107,490 and half over. The published range runs $82,620 at the tenth percentile to $162,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $84,449, worked from $107,490. 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 29 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $95,862 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 29.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial production managers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,620 to $162,240; 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.
- The South Dakota take-home of $84,449, on $107,490 for work ranking 29 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 29 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $95,862, worked from $107,490, 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 29 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 $117,070 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $82,620 and the top tenth $162,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $95,862 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $84,449 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $117,070. 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 ($82,620) and the ninetieth ($162,240) 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 $95,862 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 $84,449 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.