Logisticians in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,124
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$14,896
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,925
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
$80,020
Kept after tax
$65,124
Worth in national money
$73,925
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota sits in the middle of the pack for logisticians. The median is $80,020, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 81 out of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $80,020 you keep $65,124 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,925 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $87,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Dakota occupies the middle band for logisticians: a median of $80,020, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within South Dakota, logisticians ranks 81 of 457 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $65,124 after the full tax stack, from $80,020. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,925 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $87,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Logisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,990 |
| This salary | $80,020 |
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 | $65,124 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,124 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,908 |
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 | $80,020 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,541 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,020 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,660 and the ninetieth is $136,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $65,124, worked from $80,020. 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 81 of 457.
- Two cautions on $73,925, the adjusted value of that $80,020 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 81 of 457 locally.
- The South Dakota median of $80,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,660 to $136,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Dakota take-home of $65,124, on $80,020 for work ranking 81 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 81 of 457 in the state.
- This $73,925 adjusted figure, worked from $80,020, 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 81 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 81 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 $87,750 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $56,660, the highest tenth $136,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $73,925.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,124 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 $87,750. 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 ($56,660) and the ninetieth ($136,990) 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 $73,925 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 $65,124 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.