Brickmasons and Blockmasons in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,626
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,384
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,601
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
$49,010
Kept after tax
$40,626
Worth in national money
$43,601
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for brickmasons and blockmasons is on the low side in South Carolina. The middle earner gets $49,010. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 21.1% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 286 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,010 you keep $40,626, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,601 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,210, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For brickmasons and blockmasons, South Carolina sits in the lower band at $49,010, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 21.1%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 286 of 492 in South Carolina places brickmasons and blockmasons 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for brickmasons and blockmasons on $49,010 is $40,626. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,601 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 $53,210 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,960 |
| This salary | $49,010 |
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 | $40,626 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,560 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$833 |
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 | $47,848 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,008 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Carolina earn less than $49,010. The published range is $35,710 up to $77,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $40,626, worked from $49,010. 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 286 of 492.
- Two cautions on $43,601, the adjusted value of that $49,010 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Carolina. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 286 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for brickmasons and blockmasons in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,710 to $77,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Carolina take-home of $40,626, on $49,010 for work ranking 286 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 286 of 492 in the state.
- This $43,601 adjusted figure, worked from $49,010, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 286 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 286 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 $53,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,710 and the top tenth $77,960 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $43,601 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; South Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $40,626.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $53,210. 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 ($35,710) and the ninetieth ($77,960) 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 $43,601 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 $40,626 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.