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Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other pay in South Dakota and Utah
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other is $50,990 per year in South Dakota. It is $36,920 per year in Utah. South Dakota is 38.1% above Utah on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-9099 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in South Dakota and 1,160 in Utah. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings