Family Medicine Physicians in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$164,595
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$74,605
31.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$176,648
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
$239,200
Kept after tax
$164,595
Worth in national money
$176,648
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Carolina is 32 of 51 states for family medicine physicians, with a middle wage of $239,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 2 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 $239,200 the take-home is $164,595; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $176,648 would nationally. The average comes to $244,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina ranks 32 of 51 for family medicine physicians at $239,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within South Carolina, family medicine physicians ranks 2 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 family medicine physicians in South Carolina, on $239,200, is $164,595 — equivalent to $176,648 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 $244,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $107,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $239,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $357,770 |
| This salary | $239,200 |
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 | $164,595 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $176,092 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,563 |
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 | $221,688 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,754 |
| 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 family medicine physicians in South Carolina earn under $239,200 and half over. The published range runs $107,990 at the tenth percentile to $357,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $164,595 take-home in South Carolina comes from $239,200. 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 2 of 492.
- Two cautions on $176,648, the adjusted value of that $239,200 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 2 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for family medicine physicians in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $107,990 to $357,770; 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.
- Retained pay of $164,595, from $239,200, 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 2 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $176,648 adjusted figure, worked from $239,200, 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 2 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 2 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 $107,990 and the top tenth $357,770 — 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 $176,648 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $164,595 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($107,990) and the ninetieth ($357,770) 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 $176,648 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 $164,595 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.