Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $48K, rent takes 29.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,017/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all others typically earn — is $34K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,034/month. At HUD’s $1,017/month FMR, rent would take 50% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $48K locally vs. $49K nationally, a 2% difference.

South Dakota pays $48K median vs. the U.S. average of $49K — that’s -2%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.89), the purchasing-power equivalent is $54K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $48,490 a year, that works out to about $23 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $33,900, and experienced installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all others can clear $77,110. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,417/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,017/month, which eats 29.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

South Dakota has a Regional Price Parity of 89.89 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other salary is worth about $53,944 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.