Sales and Related Workers, All Other in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,635
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,915
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,613
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
$61,550
Kept after tax
$51,635
Worth in national money
$58,613
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $61,550, ranking 6 of 48 states and sitting about 27.49% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 172.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,550 the take-home is $51,635; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,613 would nationally. The average comes to $65,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota's median for sales and related workers, all other is $61,550, about 27.49% above the national figure and 6 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, sales and related workers, all other sits at 172 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 sales and related workers, all other in South Dakota, on $61,550, is $51,635 — equivalent to $58,613 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 $65,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,960 |
| This salary | $61,550 |
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 | $51,635 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,635 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,477 |
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 | $61,550 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,862 |
| 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 $61,550. The published range is $44,150 up to $129,960, 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 $51,635, worked from $61,550. 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 172 of 457.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,613 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 172.
- Reported values are medians; for sales and related workers, all other in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,150 to $129,960. 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 $51,635, on $61,550 for work ranking 172 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 172 of 457 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,613, worked from $61,550, 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 172 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,150 at the bottom tenth to $129,960 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $58,613 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,635 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?
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.
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 $65,840. 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 ($44,150) and the ninetieth ($129,960) 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 $58,613 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 $51,635 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.