Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,220
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$21,920
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,289
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
$91,140
Kept after tax
$69,220
Worth in national money
$74,289
State rank
42
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in South Carolina. The middle earner gets $91,140. That is 42 of 48 states, and about 11.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations South Carolina reports, this job comes in at 73 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $91,140 you keep $69,220 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $74,289 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $85,690.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay, South Carolina sits in the lower band at $91,140, ranking 42 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 11.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 73 of 492 occupations by median in South Carolina, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $69,220 after the full tax stack, from $91,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $74,289 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,690 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,550 |
| This salary | $91,140 |
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 | $69,220 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,947 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$779 |
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 | $85,842 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,076 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in South Carolina earn under $91,140 and half over. The published range runs $61,410 at the tenth percentile to $101,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $69,220, worked from $91,140. 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 73 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,289 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 73.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,410 to $101,550; 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.
- The South Carolina take-home of $69,220, on $91,140 for work ranking 73 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 73 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,289, worked from $91,140, 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 73 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $85,690, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,410 at the bottom tenth to $101,550 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $74,289 in national terms.
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, $69,220 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 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 $85,690. 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 ($61,410 to $101,550) 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 $74,289 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 $69,220 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.