Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,873
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$10,997
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,424
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
$66,870
Kept after tax
$55,873
Worth in national money
$63,424
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Dakota is 21 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $66,870. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 134.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,870 the take-home is $55,873; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,424 would nationally. The average comes to $67,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 21 of 46 for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists at $66,870. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 134 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 probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in South Dakota, on $66,870, is $55,873 — equivalent to $63,424 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 $67,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,540 |
| This salary | $66,870 |
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 | $55,873 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,873 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,926 |
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 | $66,870 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,186 |
| 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 $66,870. The published range is $58,760 up to $78,540, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $55,873, from $66,870, 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 134 of 457 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $63,424, the adjusted value of that $66,870 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 134 of 457 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,760 to $78,540. 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 $55,873 from $66,870. 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 134 of 457 locally.
- This $63,424 adjusted figure, worked from $66,870, 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 134 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 134 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $58,760 and the top tenth $78,540, so most people doing this work in South Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $63,424.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $55,873 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,760 to $78,540) 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 $63,424 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 $55,873 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.