Stockers and Order Fillers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,432
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$5,218
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,815
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
$37,650
Kept after tax
$32,432
Worth in national money
$36,815
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is one of the better-paying states for stockers and order fillers. The middle earner takes $37,650, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.86% above the national middle.
- Against 457 occupations South Dakota publishes, stockers and order fillers lands at 399. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,650 you keep $32,432 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,815 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $37,000.
- South Dakota ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for stockers and order fillers, at $37,650 — about 0.86% 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.
- Within South Dakota, this work ranks 399 of 457 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $32,432 after the full tax stack, from $37,650. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,815 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $37,000 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,020 |
| This salary | $37,650 |
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 | $32,432 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,432 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,440 |
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 | $37,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,160 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,650 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,730 and the ninetieth is $46,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,432 take-home in South Dakota comes from $37,650. 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 399 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 $36,815, the adjusted value of that $37,650 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 399 of 457 in the state.
- The South Dakota median of $37,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,730 to $46,020. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $32,432, from $37,650, 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 399 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Dakota, so $36,815 — the adjusted value of that $37,650 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 399 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $27,730 at the tenth percentile, $46,020 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 $36,815 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $32,432 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,730 to $46,020) 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 $36,815 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 $32,432 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.