First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,285
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$12,185
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,041
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
$63,470
Kept after tax
$51,285
Worth in national money
$55,041
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $63,470, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in South Carolina, this sits in the middle: 170 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 $63,470 you keep $51,285, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,041 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Carolina occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling: a median of $63,470, ranking 21 of 51. 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling ranks 170 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling on $63,470 is $51,285. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,041 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 $65,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,900 |
| This salary | $63,470 |
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 | $51,285 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,178 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$317 |
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 | $61,114 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$383 |
| 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in South Carolina earn under $63,470 and half over. The published range runs $43,690 at the tenth percentile to $90,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,285 take-home in South Carolina comes from $63,470. 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 170 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 $55,041, the adjusted value of that $63,470 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 170 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,690 to $90,900; 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.
- Retained pay of $51,285, from $63,470, 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 170 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $55,041 — the adjusted value of that $63,470 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 170 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $65,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $43,690, the highest tenth $90,900, 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 $55,041.
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 $51,285 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.
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 $65,740. 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 ($43,690) and the ninetieth ($90,900) 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 $55,041 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 $51,285 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.