Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,145
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,065
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,671
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
$59,210
Kept after tax
$48,145
Worth in national money
$51,671
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. South Carolina's middle earner gets $59,210, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 16.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations South Carolina reports figures for, this is number 213.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,210 the take-home is $48,145; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,671 would nationally. The average comes to $59,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For educational instruction and library workers, all other, South Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,210, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 16.35% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In South Carolina's occupational distribution, educational instruction and library workers, all other sits at 213 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 educational instruction and library workers, all other in South Carolina, on $59,210, is $48,145 — equivalent to $51,671 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 $59,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,780 |
| This salary | $59,210 |
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 | $48,145 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,755 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$469 |
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 | $57,206 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$567 |
| 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 educational instruction and library workers, all other in South Carolina earn under $59,210 and half over. The published range runs $34,040 at the tenth percentile to $82,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $48,145, from $59,210, 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 213 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $51,671, the adjusted value of that $59,210 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 213 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for educational instruction and library workers, all other in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,040 to $82,780; 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.
- Take-home for South Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,145 from $59,210. 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 213 of 492 locally.
- This $51,671 adjusted figure, worked from $59,210, 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 213 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 213 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,040, the highest tenth $82,780, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $51,671 in national terms.
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 $48,145 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($34,040) and the ninetieth ($82,780) 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 $51,671 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 $48,145 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.