Library Technicians in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,956
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$3,634
12.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,463
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
$29,590
Kept after tax
$25,956
Worth in national money
$29,463
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for library technicians is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $29,590. That is 47 of 51 states, and about 33.62% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, library technicians lands at 446. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $29,590 the take-home is $25,956; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $29,463 would nationally. The average comes to $33,950, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For library technicians, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $29,590, ranking 47 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 33.62%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within South Dakota, this work ranks 446 of 457 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for library technicians in South Dakota, on $29,590, is $25,956 — equivalent to $29,463 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 $33,950 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Library Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,600 |
| This salary | $29,590 |
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 | $25,956 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,956 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,753 |
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 | $29,590 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,329 |
| 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 $29,590. The published range is $26,060 up to $47,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $25,956, from $29,590, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 446 of 457 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $29,463, the adjusted value of that $29,590 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 446 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for library technicians in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,060 to $47,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $25,956 from $29,590. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 446 of 457 locally.
- This $29,463 adjusted figure, worked from $29,590, 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 446 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 446 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 $33,950 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 $26,060 and the top tenth $47,600 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in South Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $29,463 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $25,956 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?
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 $33,950. 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 ($26,060) and the ninetieth ($47,600) 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 $29,463 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 $25,956 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.