Marketing Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$125,923
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$41,827
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$142,940
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
$167,750
Kept after tax
$125,923
Worth in national money
$142,940
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marketing managers is strong here. South Dakota's middle earner gets $167,750, putting the state 11 of 48 — about 0.58% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Dakota. It ranks 5 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 $167,750 you keep $125,923 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $142,940 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $172,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- For marketing managers, South Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $167,750, ranking 11 of 48 and running about 0.58% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within South Dakota, marketing managers ranks 5 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 $125,923 after the full tax stack, from $167,750. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $142,940 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $172,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $167,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $233,820 |
| This salary | $167,750 |
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 | $125,923 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $125,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$13,356 |
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 | $167,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$18,803 |
| 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 $167,750. The published range is $101,350 up to $233,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $125,923, from $167,750, 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 5 of 457 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $142,940 uses one figure for the whole of South Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 457 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 5.
- Reported values are medians; for marketing managers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $101,350 to $233,820. 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 $125,923 from $167,750. 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 5 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $142,940, worked from $167,750, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular South Dakota address, on work sitting at 5 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $101,350 and the top tenth $233,820 — 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 $142,940 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $125,923 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,350) and the ninetieth ($233,820) 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 $142,940 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 $125,923 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.