Administrative Services Managers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,728
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$33,592
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,371
South Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in South Carolina — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$124,320
Kept after tax
$90,728
Worth in national money
$97,371
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $124,320, which ranks 13 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 8.93% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 21 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,320 you keep $90,728, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $97,371 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $135,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Carolina ranks 13 of 50 states publishing a median for administrative services managers, at $124,320 — about 8.93% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within South Carolina, administrative services managers ranks 21 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for administrative services managers on $124,320 is $90,728. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $97,371 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $135,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $217,720 |
| This salary | $124,320 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in South Carolina | $90,728 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,239 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,665 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $116,415 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,367 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of administrative services managers in South Carolina earn under $124,320 and half over. The published range runs $63,610 at the tenth percentile to $217,720 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $90,728, worked from $124,320. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 21 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,371, the adjusted value of that $124,320 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 21 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for administrative services managers in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,610 to $217,720; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The South Carolina take-home of $90,728, on $124,320 for work ranking 21 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 21 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $97,371 — the adjusted value of that $124,320 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 21 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $135,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $63,610, the highest tenth $217,720, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $97,371 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and South Carolina adds its own income tax on top — which is why $90,728 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in South Carolina is $135,880. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,610) and the ninetieth ($217,720) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
South Carolina's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $97,371 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $90,728 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and South Carolina income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.