Sioux Falls, SD
Hand-reviewed metroCost of living in Sioux Falls: $2,973 leftover
Cost of living in Sioux Falls, as leftover, is $2,973 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $982 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs run 9% below the US average. South Dakota has no state income tax. Sioux Falls is a hand-reviewed metro.
These figures start from one adult in a one-bedroom, on local pay of about $98,500. Change the job, the pay, or how many bedrooms you need, and leftover changes. This is a monthly budget, not a cost-of-living index.
The month, in dollars
Take-home is $5,813 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.
| Rent | $982 |
|---|---|
| Groceries | $364 |
| Transport | $539 |
| Healthcare | $410 |
| Utilities | $228 |
| Childcare | $0 |
| Everything else | $319 |
| Total costs | $2,840 |
| Leftover | $2,973 |
Sales tax is about 6.1%. Property tax is modelled at 1.17% of a $274,800 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.91).
Asking rent by bedroom
Turnover asking rent in Sioux Falls, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.
Studio
$842
1 bedroom
$982
2 bedrooms
$1,169
3 bedrooms
$1,531
4 bedrooms
$1,812
Leftover in other metros nearby
Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.
- Cost of living in Rapid City$2,587 leftover
Sioux Falls vs Rapid City · $1,138 rent
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. Change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms and the ranking is a different city. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Cost of living in Sioux Falls
What is the cost of living in Sioux Falls?
On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Sioux Falls, SD is about $2,973 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $982 for a one-bedroom and $1,169 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.
How does Sioux Falls compare with a cost-of-living index?
A price index would say non-housing costs run 9% below the US average. Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Sioux Falls is a hand-reviewed metro.
Where is take-home pay in Sioux Falls calculated?
The take-home page for Sioux Falls splits federal, payroll, state and local wage tax, then subtracts rent. The city paycheck page is the same leftover math with the map.
Other South Dakota metros
Other metros in South Dakota, with leftover, rent, and day-to-day pages.