First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,529
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$16,971
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,961
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
$77,500
Kept after tax
$60,529
Worth in national money
$64,961
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. South Carolina's middle earner gets $77,500, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 4.1% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 118 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,500 you keep $60,529, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,961 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of production and operating workers, South Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,500, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 4.1% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within South Carolina, first-line supervisors of production and operating workers ranks 118 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.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers on $77,500 is $60,529. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,961 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 $78,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,440 |
| This salary | $77,500 |
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 | $60,529 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,351 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$232 |
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 | $73,488 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$321 |
| 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 production and operating workers in South Carolina earn under $77,500 and half over. The published range runs $49,720 at the tenth percentile to $103,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $60,529, from $77,500, 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 118 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,961, the adjusted value of that $77,500 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 118 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,720 to $103,440; 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 $60,529 from $77,500. 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 118 of 492 locally.
- This $64,961 adjusted figure, worked from $77,500, 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 118 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 118 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,720 at the bottom tenth to $103,440 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $64,961 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 $60,529 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,720 to $103,440) 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 $64,961 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 $60,529 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.