Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,880
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$16,900
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,323
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
$86,780
Kept after tax
$69,880
Worth in national money
$79,323
State rank
6
of 48 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 $86,780, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 10.32% above the national middle.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 63 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $86,780 the take-home is $69,880; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $79,323 would nationally. The average comes to $111,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents, at $86,780 — about 10.32% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents sits 63 of 457 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in South Dakota, on $86,780, is $69,880 — equivalent to $79,323 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 $111,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $226,210 |
| This salary | $86,780 |
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 | $69,880 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,412 |
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 | $86,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,238 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in South Dakota earn under $86,780 and half over. The published range runs $47,750 at the tenth percentile to $226,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Dakota's $69,880, worked from $86,780. 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 63 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 $79,323, the adjusted value of that $86,780 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 63 of 457 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,750 to $226,210; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The South Dakota take-home of $69,880, on $86,780 for work ranking 63 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 63 of 457 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $79,323 — the adjusted value of that $86,780 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 63 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 $111,920, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,750 and the top tenth $226,210 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $79,323 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $69,880 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $111,920. 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 ($47,750) and the ninetieth ($226,210) 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 $79,323 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 $69,880 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.