Computer Systems Analysts in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,816
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$24,464
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,221
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
$98,280
Kept after tax
$73,816
Worth in national money
$79,221
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays computer systems analysts a middle wage of $98,280, 35 of 50 states and about 7.15% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within South Carolina this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, computer systems analysts ranks 58 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,280 you keep $73,816 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $79,221 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $101,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina's $98,280 median for computer systems analysts places it 35 of 50 states, about 7.15% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation South Carolina publishes a median for, computer systems analysts sits 58 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $73,816 after the full tax stack, from $98,280. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $79,221 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $101,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,660 |
| This salary | $98,280 |
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 | $73,816 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,970 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,016 |
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 | $92,375 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,403 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,280 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,000 and the ninetieth is $148,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $73,816 take-home in South Carolina comes from $98,280. 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 58 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,221 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 58.
- The South Carolina median of $98,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,000 to $148,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $73,816, from $98,280, 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 58 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,221, worked from $98,280, 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 58 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,000 and the top tenth $148,660 — 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 $79,221 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, $73,816 remains.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,000) and the ninetieth ($148,660) 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 $79,221 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 $73,816 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.