Tire Repairers and Changers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,356
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$5,444
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,863
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
$38,800
Kept after tax
$33,356
Worth in national money
$37,863
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Dakota is 21 of 50 states for tire repairers and changers, with a middle wage of $38,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within South Dakota this is lower-paid work. Of 457 occupations the state publishes figures for, tire repairers and changers ranks 387. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,800 you keep $33,356 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $37,863 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $40,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Dakota ranks 21 of 50 for tire repairers and changers at $38,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation South Dakota reports, tire repairers and changers ranks 387 of 457, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in South Dakota is $33,356 after the full tax stack, from $38,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,863 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,900 |
| This salary | $38,800 |
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 | $33,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,356 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,538 |
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 | $38,800 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,279 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,800 as a midpoint for South Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,410 and the ninetieth is $46,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $33,356, from $38,800, 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 387 of 457 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,863 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 387.
- The South Dakota median of $38,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,410 to $46,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,356 from $38,800. 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 387 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,863, worked from $38,800, 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 387 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 $40,950, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,410 at the bottom tenth to $46,900 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,863 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $33,356 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 50 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 $40,950. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,410 to $46,900) 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 $37,863 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 $33,356 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.