Lodging Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,933
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,987
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,951
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
$61,920
Kept after tax
$51,933
Worth in national money
$58,951
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for lodging managers is on the low side in South Dakota. The middle earner gets $61,920. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 10.58% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Lodging managers ranks 166 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,920 you keep $51,933 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,951 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- For lodging managers, South Dakota sits in the lower band at $61,920, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.58%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 166 of 457 in South Dakota places lodging managers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $51,933 after the full tax stack, from $61,920. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,951 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,160 |
| This salary | $61,920 |
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 | $51,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,508 |
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 | $61,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,958 |
| 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 lodging managers in South Dakota earn under $61,920 and half over. The published range runs $48,690 at the tenth percentile to $81,160 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 $51,933, worked from $61,920. 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 166 of 457.
- Two cautions on $58,951, the adjusted value of that $61,920 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 166 of 457 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for lodging managers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,690 to $81,160; 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 $51,933, on $61,920 for work ranking 166 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 166 of 457 in the state.
- This $58,951 adjusted figure, worked from $61,920, 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 166 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 166 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,690 at the tenth percentile, $81,160 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 $58,951.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,933 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?
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 ($48,690 to $81,160) 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 $58,951 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 $51,933 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.