Cargo and Freight Agents in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,516
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$10,484
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,922
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
$57,000
Kept after tax
$46,516
Worth in national money
$49,922
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina is one of the better-paying states for cargo and freight agents. The middle earner takes $57,000, which ranks 15 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 9.07% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Cargo and freight agents ranks 230 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,000 the take-home is $46,516; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,922 would nationally. The average comes to $58,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina ranks 15 of 48 states publishing a median for cargo and freight agents, at $57,000 — about 9.07% 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.
- Position 230 of 492 in South Carolina places cargo and freight agents 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.
- Post-tax income for cargo and freight agents in South Carolina, on $57,000, is $46,516 — equivalent to $49,922 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $58,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cargo and Freight Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,530 |
| This salary | $57,000 |
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 | $46,516 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$548 |
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 | $55,179 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$663 |
| 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 cargo and freight agents in South Carolina earn under $57,000 and half over. The published range runs $46,220 at the tenth percentile to $77,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,516 take-home in South Carolina comes from $57,000. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 230 of 492.
- Two cautions on $49,922, the adjusted value of that $57,000 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 230 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cargo and freight agents in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,220 to $77,530; 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.
- Retained pay of $46,516, from $57,000, assumes a single South Carolina filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 230 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 48 for it.
- This $49,922 adjusted figure, worked from $57,000, 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 230 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 230 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 $58,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,220 at the bottom tenth to $77,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $49,922 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $46,516 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 48 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 $58,980. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,220 to $77,530) 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 $49,922 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 $46,516 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.