$50,000 gross
$42,355
take-home · 15.3% effective tax
No income tax Rank #1 of 51 2026 tax year
State income tax · 2026 tax year
How much does $100K take home in South Dakota?
South Dakota is one of nine states with no tax on wage income. Here is the full federal-plus-FICA take-home picture, the rankings, and a calculator for your own salary.
Gross income
$100,000 100.0%
Federal income tax
$13,170 13.2%
FICA (Social Security + Medicare)
$7,650 7.6%
State income tax
$0 0.0%
Take-home pay
$79,180 79.2%
$79,180
A single filer earning $100,000 in South Dakota keeps $79,180 (20.8% effective). South Dakota levies no state income tax, so only federal income tax and FICA apply. Rank #1 of 51 by total burden (1 = lowest).
- Burden rank #1 of 51 at $100K single
- State income tax $0 (no wage tax)
- 2026 tax year · IRS + state DOR schedules
Take-home paystub plate
Stub PS-SD-26 · South Dakota No income tax · rank #1/51
South Dakota · $0 state tax on $100K · NaN% all-in effective · rank #1/51
- BURDEN-LEAD #1/51
- STRUCT-NOTAX No wage tax
- TOP-ZERO 0.00%
- GAP-N/A No gap
- FICA-PEAK $7,650
- BOOK-NOTAX 0 bands
- PHOTO-CLEAR Alaska
- TH-100K $NaN
Nearest $100K burden peer: Alaska (+ $0 state tax on $100K)
Instrument codes from this state’s IRS + DOR withholding stack (burden rank, structure class, headline gap, FICA line, bracket book, photo-finish peer, net $100K), not a generic recommendation.
The bottom line
A single filer earning $100,000 in South Dakota keeps $79,180 - South Dakota levies no state income tax, so federal income tax and FICA are the only withholdings, an effective rate of 20.8%, the single most tax-friendly state in the country.
Single filer taking the standard deduction, wage income only. Federal and FICA are identical in every state - South Dakota's difference is its $0 state tax.
$79,180 Take-home on $100K (single)
20.8% Effective rate (fed + FICA + state)
$0 State income tax on $100K
#1 of 51 by total burden (1 = lowest)
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South Dakota vs all states by $100K state income tax
Where this state's computed state-tax dollars sit among every jurisdiction on PlainSalary (lower is better)
$0 Among the lowest burdens lower burden than 82% of 51 states
States and D.C., banded by state income tax on a $100K single filer
Each bar is a $0.001K-wide band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source IRS · state DOR schedules · PlainSalary computation · 2026 tax year
South Dakota take-home pay by salary (2026, single)
What's left after federal income tax, FICA, and no state tax.
$100,000 gross
$79,180
take-home · 20.8% effective tax
$200,000 gross
$148,927
take-home · 25.5% effective tax
Where South Dakota sits on the state-tax scale
States immediately above and below South Dakota by total tax burden on a $100K single filer (state income tax shown).
NV
Nevada
0.00% no state tax
NH
New Hampshire
0.00% no state tax
SD
South Dakota
0.00% no state tax
TN
Tennessee
0.00% no state tax
TX
Texas
0.00% no state tax
Similar states nationwide
Peers matched on tax attributes across all 51 jurisdictions, a different lens from the burden-rank neighbors below.
Similar $100K take-home pay
Jurisdictions where a $100,000 single filer keeps roughly $79,180 after federal, state, and FICA.
Read with South Dakota
South Dakota shares the no-wage-tax cohort. Compare take-home against the nearest taxing peers and the federal-only stack.
- Alaska · $0 state tax on $100K · $NaN take-home
- Florida · $0 state tax on $100K · $NaN take-home
- Nevada · $0 state tax on $100K · $NaN take-home
- New Hampshire · $0 state tax on $100K · $NaN take-home
The 9 states with no income tax · Calculate my South Dakota take-home · Methodology