Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,437
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$13,503
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,423
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
$67,940
Kept after tax
$54,437
Worth in national money
$58,423
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays this job around $67,940 at the midpoint, 23 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations South Carolina reports figures for, this is number 152.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $67,940 you keep $54,437 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,423 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $71,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other the South Carolina median is $67,940, ranking 23 of 49 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.
- In South Carolina's occupational distribution, healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other sits at 152 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $54,437 after the full tax stack, from $67,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,423 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $71,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,920 |
| This salary | $67,940 |
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 | $54,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,626 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$151 |
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 | $65,036 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$208 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Carolina earn less than $67,940. The published range is $35,780 up to $115,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $54,437, from $67,940, 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 152 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,423, the adjusted value of that $67,940 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 152 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,780 to $115,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for South Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,437 from $67,940. 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 152 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $58,423 — the adjusted value of that $67,940 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 152 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $71,730 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,780 at the bottom tenth to $115,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $58,423 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $54,437 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 49 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 $71,730. 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 ($35,780) and the ninetieth ($115,920) 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 $58,423 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 $54,437 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.