Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,678
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,402
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,656
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
$49,080
Kept after tax
$40,678
Worth in national money
$43,656
State rank
35
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $49,080, 35 of 49 states and about 14.72% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 284 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,080 you keep $40,678, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,656 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $49,180, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Carolina's $49,080 median for motorboat mechanics and service technicians places it 35 of 49 states, about 14.72% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 284 of 492 in South Carolina places motorboat mechanics and service technicians 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians on $49,080 is $40,678. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,656 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 $49,180 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,620 |
| This salary | $49,080 |
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 | $40,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,616 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$831 |
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 | $47,912 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,005 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,080 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,770 and the ninetieth is $64,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $40,678, from $49,080, 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 284 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,656 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 284.
- The South Carolina median of $49,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,770 to $64,620. 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 $40,678 from $49,080. 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 284 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,656, worked from $49,080, 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 284 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,770 at the tenth percentile, $64,620 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,656 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $40,678.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,770 to $64,620) 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 $43,656 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 $40,678 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.