Training and Development Managers in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,123
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$28,027
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,112
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
$124,150
Kept after tax
$96,123
Worth in national money
$109,112
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Dakota pays this job around $124,150 at the midpoint, 24 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within South Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 457 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 21 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where South Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,150 you keep $96,123, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $109,112 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $123,100, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For training and development managers the South Dakota median is $124,150, ranking 24 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation South Dakota publishes a median for, training and development managers sits 21 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Dakota income tax, retained pay for training and development managers on $124,150 is $96,123. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $109,112 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $123,100 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,590 |
| This salary | $124,150 |
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 | $96,123 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,123 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$10,195 |
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 | $124,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$14,495 |
| 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 $124,150. The published range is $84,340 up to $148,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Dakota the take-home figure of $96,123, from $124,150, 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 21 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 $109,112 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 21.
- Reported values are medians; for training and development managers in South Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $84,340 to $148,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for South Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $96,123 from $124,150. 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 21 of 457 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $109,112, worked from $124,150, 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 21 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $84,340 at the bottom tenth to $148,590 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $109,112.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $96,123 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,340 to $148,590) 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 $109,112 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 $96,123 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.