Self-Enrichment Teachers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,130
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,590
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,823
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
$49,720
Kept after tax
$42,130
Worth in national money
$47,823
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Dakota pays self-enrichment teachers a middle wage of $49,720, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 6.24% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Self-enrichment teachers ranks 257 among 457 occupations South Dakota publishes pay for.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,720 the take-home is $42,130; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,823 would nationally. The average comes to $53,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Dakota's median for self-enrichment teachers is $49,720, about 6.24% above the national figure and 11 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 257 of 457 in South Dakota places self-enrichment teachers 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 self-enrichment teachers in South Dakota, on $49,720, is $42,130 — equivalent to $47,823 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 $53,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,770 |
| This salary | $49,720 |
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 | $42,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,469 |
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 | $49,720 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,404 |
| 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 self-enrichment teachers in South Dakota earn under $49,720 and half over. The published range runs $32,390 at the tenth percentile to $79,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,130 take-home in South Dakota comes from $49,720. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 257 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 $47,823, the adjusted value of that $49,720 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 257 of 457 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for self-enrichment teachers in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,390 to $79,770; 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.
- Retained pay of $42,130, from $49,720, assumes a single South Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 257 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $47,823 — the adjusted value of that $49,720 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 257 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 $53,430, 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 $32,390 and the top tenth $79,770 — 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 $47,823 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,130 survives, because South Dakota levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $53,430. 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 ($32,390) and the ninetieth ($79,770) 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 $47,823 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 $42,130 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.