Billing and Posting Clerks in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,854
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,396
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,626
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
$45,250
Kept after tax
$37,854
Worth in national money
$40,626
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays billing and posting clerks a middle wage of $45,250, 44 of 51 states and about 6.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 340 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,250 you keep $37,854 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,626 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,600, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina's $45,250 median for billing and posting clerks places it 44 of 51 states, about 6.7% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 340 of 492 in South Carolina places billing and posting clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $37,854 after the full tax stack, from $45,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,626 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,600 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Billing and Posting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,860 |
| This salary | $45,250 |
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 | $37,854 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,538 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$967 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $44,398 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,169 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,250 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,890 and the ninetieth is $58,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $37,854, worked from $45,250. 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 340 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,626 uses one figure for the whole of South Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 340.
- The South Carolina median of $45,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,890 to $58,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Carolina take-home of $37,854, on $45,250 for work ranking 340 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 340 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,626, worked from $45,250, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular South Carolina address, on work sitting at 340 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,890 and the top tenth $58,860, so most people doing this work in South Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in South Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,626 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and South Carolina's own levy, $37,854 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,890 to $58,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to South Carolina rather than a national figure.
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 $40,626 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 $37,854 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.