Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,150
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,840
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,982
South Dakota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the top tenth 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
$50,990
Kept after tax
$43,150
Worth in national money
$48,982
State rank
1
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $50,990, which ranks 1 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 22.57% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 242 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,990 the take-home is $43,150; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,982 would nationally. The average lands at $43,280, below the middle of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 1 of 46 states publishing a median for personal care and service workers, all other, at $50,990 — about 22.57% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 242 of 457 in South Dakota places personal care and service workers, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for personal care and service workers, all other in South Dakota, on $50,990, is $43,150 — equivalent to $48,982 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 $43,280 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,990 |
| This salary | $50,990 |
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 | $43,150 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,150 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,577 |
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 | $50,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,535 |
| 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 $50,990. The published range is $29,240 up to $50,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $43,150, worked from $50,990. 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 242 of 457.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,982, the adjusted value of that $50,990 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 242 of 457 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for personal care and service workers, all other in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,240 to $50,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Dakota take-home of $43,150, on $50,990 for work ranking 242 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 242 of 457 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $48,982 — the adjusted value of that $50,990 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 242 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $43,280, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,240 at the tenth percentile, $50,990 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,982 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $43,150 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.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $43,280. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,240 to $50,990) 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 $48,982 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 $43,150 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.