SALARY · HOME HEALTH AND PERSONAL CARE AIDES · SOUTH DAKOTA

Home Health and Personal Care Aides salary in South Dakota

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In South Dakota, the middle home health and personal care aides earned $37,740 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$37,740

$18 per hour at the median · That is $1,940 (5.4 percent) above the national median of $35,800 for this occupation.

$39,260Mean annual salary
$19Mean hourly wage
$4,210People employed in this job in South Dakota

Salary range

25th: $36,400Median: $37,74075th: $43,600
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$36,400
Median (50th percentile)$37,740
75th percentile$43,600
Mean$39,260

The middle half of workers earned from $36,400 to $43,600 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$32,504 a year
$2,709 a month
Federal tax $2,349 · FICA $2,887 · State tax $0
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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