First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,969
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$18,361
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,580
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
$81,330
Kept after tax
$62,969
Worth in national money
$67,580
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $81,330, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 6.45% above the national middle.
- Within South Carolina this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 91 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $81,330 the take-home is $62,969; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,580 would nationally. The average lands at $76,430, below the middle of the range.
- South Carolina's median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other is $81,330, about 6.45% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation South Carolina publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other sits 91 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in South Carolina, on $81,330, is $62,969 — equivalent to $67,580 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 $76,430 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,640 |
| This salary | $81,330 |
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 | $62,969 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,046 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$386 |
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 | $76,956 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$533 |
| 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 protective service workers, all other in South Carolina earn under $81,330 and half over. The published range runs $51,080 at the tenth percentile to $93,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $62,969, from $81,330, 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 91 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,580, the adjusted value of that $81,330 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 91 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,080 to $93,640; 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 $62,969 from $81,330. 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 91 of 492 locally.
- This $67,580 adjusted figure, worked from $81,330, 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 91 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 91 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $76,430, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,080 at the tenth percentile, $93,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $67,580 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, $62,969 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $76,430. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,080 to $93,640) 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 $67,580 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 $62,969 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.