Loan Interviewers and Clerks in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,945
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,056
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,343
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
$47,000
Kept after tax
$39,945
Worth in national money
$45,343
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Dakota pays loan interviewers and clerks a middle wage of $47,000, 44 of 51 states and about 6.04% 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 301.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,000 the take-home is $39,945; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,343 would nationally. The average comes to $47,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota's $47,000 median for loan interviewers and clerks places it 44 of 51 states, about 6.04% 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, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 301 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 loan interviewers and clerks in South Dakota, on $47,000, is $39,945 — equivalent to $45,343 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 $47,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,000 |
| This salary | $47,000 |
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 | $39,945 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,237 |
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 | $47,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,124 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,000 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,800 and the ninetieth is $58,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $39,945, from $47,000, 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 301 of 457 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,343, the adjusted value of that $47,000 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 301 of 457 in the state.
- The South Dakota median of $47,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,800 to $58,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,945 from $47,000. 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 301 of 457 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $45,343 — the adjusted value of that $47,000 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 301 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,800 at the bottom tenth to $58,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,343 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,945 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,800 to $58,000) 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 $45,343 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 $39,945 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.