First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,280
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$16,830
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,694
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
$77,110
Kept after tax
$60,280
Worth in national money
$64,694
State rank
27
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $77,110, ranking 27 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, this job comes in at 120 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,110 you keep $60,280, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,694 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $79,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Carolina occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of correctional officers: a median of $77,110, ranking 27 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.
- First-line supervisors of correctional officers ranks 120 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of correctional officers on $77,110 is $60,280. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,694 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $79,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,570 |
| This salary | $77,110 |
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 | $60,280 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$217 |
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 | $73,134 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$300 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of correctional officers in South Carolina earn under $77,110 and half over. The published range runs $50,350 at the tenth percentile to $108,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $60,280, from $77,110, 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 120 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,694, the adjusted value of that $77,110 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 120 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,350 to $108,570; 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 $60,280 from $77,110. 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 120 of 492 locally.
- This $64,694 adjusted figure, worked from $77,110, 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 120 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 120 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,350, the highest tenth $108,570, 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 $64,694.
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, $60,280 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,350) and the ninetieth ($108,570) 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 $64,694 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 $60,280 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.