First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,801
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,299
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,375
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
$60,100
Kept after tax
$48,801
Worth in national money
$52,375
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays this job around $60,100 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in South Carolina, this sits in the middle: 207 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,100 you keep $48,801, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,375 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $59,650, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers the South Carolina median is $60,100, ranking 22 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers ranks 207 of 492 occupations in South Carolina by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers on $60,100 is $48,801. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,375 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 $59,650 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,170 |
| This salary | $60,100 |
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 | $48,801 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$437 |
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 | $58,023 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$529 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,100 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,570 and the ninetieth is $78,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $48,801, worked from $60,100. 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 207 of 492.
- Two cautions on $52,375, the adjusted value of that $60,100 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 207 of 492 locally.
- The South Carolina median of $60,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,570 to $78,170. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Carolina take-home of $48,801, on $60,100 for work ranking 207 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 207 of 492 in the state.
- This $52,375 adjusted figure, worked from $60,100, 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 207 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 207 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,570 and the top tenth $78,170, so most people doing this work in South Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,375.
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, $48,801 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,570 to $78,170) 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 $52,375 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 $48,801 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.