Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,478
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,452
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,542
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
$43,930
Kept after tax
$37,478
Worth in national money
$42,542
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Dakota is 23 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $43,930. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within South Dakota this is lower-paid work. Of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 345. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,930 the take-home is $37,478; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,542 would nationally. The average lands at $42,930, below the middle of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 23 of 50 for interviewers, except eligibility and loan at $43,930. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation South Dakota reports, interviewers, except eligibility and loan ranks 345 of 457, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in South Dakota, on $43,930, is $37,478 — equivalent to $42,542 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 $42,930 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,770 |
| This salary | $43,930 |
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 | $37,478 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,478 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,975 |
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 | $43,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,808 |
| 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 $43,930. The published range is $35,510 up to $50,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,478 take-home in South Dakota comes from $43,930. 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 345 of 457.
- Two cautions on $42,542, the adjusted value of that $43,930 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 345 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,510 to $50,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,478, from $43,930, 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 345 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 50 for it.
- This $42,542 adjusted figure, worked from $43,930, 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 345 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 345 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,510 and the top tenth $50,770, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,542 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,478 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?
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,510 to $50,770) 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 $42,542 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 $37,478 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.