Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,232
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,888
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,105
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
$47,120
Kept after tax
$39,232
Worth in national money
$42,105
State rank
25
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $47,120, ranking 25 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations South Carolina reports figures for, this is number 311.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,120 the take-home is $39,232; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,105 would nationally. The average lands at $44,840, below the middle of the range.
- South Carolina occupies the middle band for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers: a median of $47,120, ranking 25 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In South Carolina's occupational distribution, coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers sits at 311 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in South Carolina, on $47,120, is $39,232 — equivalent to $42,105 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 $44,840 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,420 |
| This salary | $47,120 |
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 | $39,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,041 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$900 |
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 | $46,114 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,089 |
| 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 $47,120. The published range is $29,450 up to $54,420, 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 $39,232, worked from $47,120. 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 311 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,105 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 311.
- Reported values are medians; for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,450 to $54,420. 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 $39,232, on $47,120 for work ranking 311 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 311 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,105, worked from $47,120, 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 311 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,450 and the top tenth $54,420, so most people doing this work in South Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $42,105.
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 $39,232 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 $44,840. 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 ($29,450 to $54,420) 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 $42,105 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 $39,232 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.