Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in South Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,880
after federal, FICA and South Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,551
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,998
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
$44,430
Kept after tax
$37,880
Worth in national money
$42,998
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Dakota is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $44,430, ranking 40 of 49 states — about 4.2% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 457 occupations South Dakota reports figures for, this is number 340.
- South Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,430 the take-home is $37,880; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,998 would nationally. The average lands at $43,590, below the middle of the range.
- South Dakota ranks 40 of 49 for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, with a median of $44,430 — about 4.2% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In South Dakota's occupational distribution, weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping sits at 340 of 457 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in South Dakota, on $44,430, is $37,880 — equivalent to $42,998 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 $43,590 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,370 |
| This salary | $44,430 |
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 | $37,880 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,018 |
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 | $44,430 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,859 |
| 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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in South Dakota earn under $44,430 and half over. The published range runs $30,380 at the tenth percentile to $49,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,880 take-home in South Dakota comes from $44,430. 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 340 of 457.
- Two cautions on $42,998, the adjusted value of that $44,430 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Dakota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 340 of 457 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in South Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,380 to $49,370; 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 $37,880, from $44,430, 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 340 of 457 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 49 for it.
- This $42,998 adjusted figure, worked from $44,430, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 340 of 457 in the state. The occupation ranks 340 of 457 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,380 at the bottom tenth to $49,370 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,998 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,880 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. 49 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 ($30,380 to $49,370) 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 $42,998 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 $37,880 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.