2026 South Dakota paycheck calculator
South Dakota's Department of Revenue lists no individual income tax, and tipped workers earn a $5.925 cash wage.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and South Dakota Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Your take-home pay
$1,289.10
per paycheck, paid every two weeks
- Gross pay
- $1,500.00
- Federal income tax
- $96.15
- Social Security
- $93.00
- Medicare
- $21.75
- County tax
- Choose your county
- Take-home
- $1,289.10
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Take-home pay $1,289.10
South Dakota pay rules at a glance
| State income tax | None Source |
| County or local tax | None Source |
| Disability or paid leave | None Source |
| Minimum wage | $11.85 an hour. From Jan 1, 2027: $12.30 an hour Source |
| Tipped minimum cash wage | $5.93 an hour, before tips Source |
| Final paycheck if you are let go | By the next regular payday for the hours worked, or once the worker returns any of the employer's property they still have, if that is later. Source |
| Final paycheck if you quit | By the next regular payday for the hours worked, or once the worker returns any of the employer's property they still have, if that is later. Source |
What comes out of a South Dakota paycheck
On $1,500 every two weeks, single, a South Dakota worker keeps $1,289.10.
South Dakota has no tax on wages, and its Department of Revenue says so on its page about individual taxes. There is no state withholding form, so filing status and dependents do not change anything on the state side of a South Dakota paycheck. The federal W-4 is the only tax form you fill out for a new job here. A bonus or overtime check is no different, because the state takes nothing from it.
No state payroll premium comes out of a worker's pay here either. Beside the federal amounts, the only required deductions, the calculator's South Dakota line reads $0.00. The state's other taxes, such as sales tax at the register, never touch your wages on payday.
County and local taxes
South Dakota cities can levy a municipal sales and use tax, generally between 1 and 2 percent, and a 1 percent gross receipts tax on alcohol, eating places, lodging, and admissions. Neither one is a tax on wages, and the Department of Revenue lists no local income tax.
You pay those sales taxes at the counter, not through payroll, so a South Dakota result needs no local amount added, whichever city you work in.
Final pay and the minimum wage
South Dakota sets $11.85 an hour for 2026 and $12.30 for 2027, starting January 1. The tipped cash wage is $5.925 an hour, exactly as the state publishes it with three decimals, and it becomes $6.15 on January 1, 2027.
South Dakota uses one final-pay rule for both cases. Your employer owes what you earned by the next regular payday, or once you return any employer property you still have, if that is later. Hand back keys, uniforms, and tools promptly, because the property clause is the part that can delay your last check.
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Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: South Dakota Department of Revenue, "Taxes" for individuals (dor.sd.gov/individuals/taxes/, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "Income Tax: South Dakota is one of seven states that does not impose a state income tax."
Local taxes: South Dakota Department of Revenue, "Municipal Tax" (dor.sd.gov/businesses/taxes/municipal-tax/, fetched Oct 29, 2026): the local taxes South Dakota cities may levy are a municipal sales and use tax ("generally between 1% to 2%") and a 1 percent municipal gross receipts tax on alcohol, eating establishments, lodging, and admissions. Neither is a tax on wages, and the department lists no local income tax.
Disability and paid leave: No South Dakota statute or state agency program provides a disability or paid family leave payroll deduction (checked Oct 29, 2026 against the Department of Labor and Regulation's own index of forms and programs, saved with its minimum wage page, which lists reemployment assistance tax and workers' compensation but no disability or paid leave program).
Minimum wage: South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, "Minimum Wage" (dlr.sd.gov/employment_laws/minimum_wage.aspx, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "The minimum wage for non-tipped employees in South Dakota is $11.85/hour. (Effective Jan. 1, 2026.) Effective Jan. 1, 2027, the minimum wage for non-tipped employees in South Dakota will be $12.30/hour." The yearly cost-of-living adjustment is set by SDCL 60-11-3.2.
Final paycheck: SDCL 60-11-10 (sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/60-11-10.html, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "Whenever an employer separates an employee from the payroll, the unpaid wages or compensation of such employee are due and payable not later than the next regular stated pay day for which those hours would have normally been paid or as soon thereafter as the employee returns to the employer all property of the employer in the employee's possession." SDCL 60-11-11 says the same for a worker without a written fixed-term contract who quits or resigns. Tipped wage: the same DLR page: "The minimum wage for tipped employees in South Dakota is $5.925/hour. (Effective Jan. 1, 2026.) Effective Jan. 1, 2027, the minimum wage for tipped employees in South Dakota will be $6.15/hour."
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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