Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,940
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,140
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,865
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
$48,080
Kept after tax
$39,940
Worth in national money
$42,865
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays this job around $48,080 at the midpoint, 28 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 293 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,080 you keep $39,940, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,865 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,610, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For miscellaneous construction and related workers the South Carolina median is $48,080, ranking 28 of 45 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.
- Position 293 of 492 in South Carolina places miscellaneous construction and related workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for miscellaneous construction and related workers on $48,080 is $39,940. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,865 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 $55,610 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,190 |
| This salary | $48,080 |
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 | $39,940 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$866 |
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 | $46,995 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,047 |
| 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 miscellaneous construction and related workers in South Carolina earn under $48,080 and half over. The published range runs $40,950 at the tenth percentile to $105,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,940 take-home in South Carolina comes from $48,080. 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 293 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,865 uses one figure for the whole of South Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 293.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous construction and related workers in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,950 to $105,190; 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 $39,940, from $48,080, 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 293 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,865, worked from $48,080, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular South Carolina address, on work sitting at 293 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 $55,610 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,950 and the top tenth $105,190 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,865 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, $39,940 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $55,610. 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 ($40,950) and the ninetieth ($105,190) 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 $42,865 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 $39,940 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.