Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,038
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,462
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,823
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
$45,500
Kept after tax
$38,038
Worth in national money
$40,823
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Carolina is 20 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $45,500. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in South Carolina, this sits in the middle: 334 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,500 the take-home is $38,038; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,823 would nationally. The average comes to $47,940, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina ranks 20 of 51 for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators at $45,500. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ranks 334 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.
- Post-tax income for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in South Carolina, on $45,500, is $38,038 — equivalent to $40,823 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 $47,940 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,280 |
| This salary | $45,500 |
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 | $38,038 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,739 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$958 |
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 | $44,627 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,159 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,500 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,740 and the ninetieth is $74,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $38,038, from $45,500, 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 334 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,823, the adjusted value of that $45,500 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 334 of 492 locally.
- The South Carolina median of $45,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,740 to $74,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for South Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,038 from $45,500. 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 334 of 492 locally.
- This $40,823 adjusted figure, worked from $45,500, 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 334 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 334 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 $47,940, 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 $33,740, the highest tenth $74,280, 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 $40,823.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; South Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $38,038.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $47,940. 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 ($33,740) and the ninetieth ($74,280) 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 $40,823 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 $38,038 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.