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SOUTH DAKOTA · 2026
South Dakota paycheck, no state income tax.
South Dakota has no state income tax. Take-home pay is federal tax and FICA. Sales tax and local property tax are not payroll.
What is different about South Dakota
South Dakota has no state income tax. At the same salary, the paycheck matches Texas. The difference between the states is sales tax and local property tax, which never appear as withholding. Use “no state income tax” and do not enter a rate.
A single filer on $55,000
Standard deduction $16,100, no 401(k), no state tax. Federal income tax is about $4,420. Social Security is $3,410. Medicare is $798. Net is about $46,372 before health insurance, HSA, or any other deduction. The form above starts on this wage so you can change filing status without redoing the arithmetic.
The nine states with no wage tax are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. They are not the same place. They are the same payroll math. The comparison page lists them together.
Questions
Does South Dakota tax wages in 2026?
No. South Dakota is one of the states with no wage income tax. Federal income tax and FICA still apply.
Is property tax in this paycheck?
No. Property tax is a housing bill. It is not withheld from wages.
Reading the South Dakota result
At the same salary, a South Dakota paycheck matches Texas on the withholding lines. The difference between the states is sales tax and local property tax, which never appear on the pay stub. Do not enter a rate to “account” for them.
On the wage this page opens with, $55,000, a single filer with no 401(k) owes about $4,420 in federal income tax after the $16,100 standard deduction. Social Security is $3,410 and Medicare is $798. The state line is $0. Federal tax and FICA are the whole withholding story on this page. A rough net is $46,372 before health premiums. Biweekly, that net is about $1,784.
Use the main calculator when the wage is not the one printed here
This page fixes the state setting so the common mistake, typing a guessed rate, is harder. The brackets, the wage base, and the 401(k) treatment are the same engine as the US paycheck calculator. Change filing status on the form rather than multiplying the single result by two. Married filing jointly has its own standard deduction and its own brackets. A second job is not modeled. Local tax is not modeled except where the paragraph above tells you to add a county or city rate yourself.
Related pages: 2026 federal brackets, Social Security wage base, the nine states with no wage tax.