Concierges in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,207
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$4,903
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,346
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
$34,110
Kept after tax
$29,207
Worth in national money
$31,346
State rank
39
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays concierges a middle wage of $34,110, 39 of 47 states and about 12.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within South Carolina this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, concierges ranks 445. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $34,110 you keep $29,207 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,346 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $35,880, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina's $34,110 median for concierges places it 39 of 47 states, about 12.43% 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.
- Against every occupation South Carolina reports, concierges ranks 445 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $29,207 after the full tax stack, from $34,110. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,346 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,880 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Concierges
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,220 |
| This salary | $34,110 |
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 | $29,207 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,587 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$898 |
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 | $33,637 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,086 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,110 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,980 and the ninetieth is $48,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,207 take-home in South Carolina comes from $34,110. 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 445 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,346, the adjusted value of that $34,110 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 445 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $34,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,980 to $48,220. 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 $29,207, from $34,110, 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 445 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $31,346 — the adjusted value of that $34,110 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 445 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 $35,880 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $24,980 at the tenth percentile, $48,220 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,346 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 $29,207.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $35,880. 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 ($24,980 to $48,220) 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 $31,346 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 $29,207 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.