Database Architects in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,314
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$35,686
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,220
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
$130,000
Kept after tax
$94,314
Worth in national money
$101,220
State rank
30
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays database architects around $130,000 at the midpoint, 30 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 17 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $130,000 the take-home is $94,314; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $101,220 would nationally. The average comes to $133,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For database architects the South Carolina median is $130,000, ranking 30 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within South Carolina, database architects ranks 17 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for database architects in South Carolina, on $130,000, is $94,314 — equivalent to $101,220 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 $133,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $183,700 |
| This salary | $130,000 |
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 | $94,314 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,811 |
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 | $121,512 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,575 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,000 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,300 and the ninetieth is $183,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $94,314, from $130,000, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 17 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $101,220, the adjusted value of that $130,000 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 17 of 492 locally.
- The South Carolina median of $130,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,300 to $183,700. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for South Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $94,314 from $130,000. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 17 of 492 locally.
- This $101,220 adjusted figure, worked from $130,000, 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 17 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 17 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $84,300, the highest tenth $183,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $101,220.
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, $94,314 remains.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($84,300) and the ninetieth ($183,700) 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 $101,220 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 $94,314 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.