Financial Examiners in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,225
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$20,215
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,074
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
$86,440
Kept after tax
$66,225
Worth in national money
$71,074
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for financial examiners. The median is $86,440, ranking 21 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations South Carolina reports, financial examiners comes in at 78 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $86,440 you keep $66,225 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,074 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $103,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina occupies the middle band for financial examiners: a median of $86,440, ranking 21 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Financial examiners ranks 78 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 $66,225 after the full tax stack, from $86,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,074 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $103,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,260 |
| This salary | $86,440 |
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 | $66,225 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,641 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$591 |
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 | $81,585 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$816 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Carolina earn less than $86,440. The published range is $52,530 up to $164,260, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $66,225 take-home in South Carolina comes from $86,440. 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 78 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 $71,074, the adjusted value of that $86,440 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 78 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for financial examiners in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,530 to $164,260. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $66,225, from $86,440, 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 78 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $71,074 — the adjusted value of that $86,440 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 78 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 $103,520 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $52,530 at the bottom tenth to $164,260 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $71,074 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, $66,225 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $103,520. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,530) and the ninetieth ($164,260) 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 $71,074 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 $66,225 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.