Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,137
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,923
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,223
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
$51,060
Kept after tax
$42,137
Worth in national money
$45,223
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. South Carolina's middle earner gets $51,060, putting the state 16 of 49 — about 11.8% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in South Carolina, this sits in the middle: 268 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 $51,060 you keep $42,137, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,223 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For office and administrative support workers, all other, South Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,060, ranking 16 of 49 and running about 11.8% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Office and administrative support workers, all other ranks 268 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 office and administrative support workers, all other on $51,060 is $42,137. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,223 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 $53,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $16,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,610 |
| This salary | $51,060 |
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 | $42,137 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,207 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$760 |
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 | $49,729 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$919 |
| 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 $51,060. The published range is $16,350 up to $88,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,137 take-home in South Carolina comes from $51,060. 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 268 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 $45,223, the adjusted value of that $51,060 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 268 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for office and administrative support workers, all other in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $16,350 to $88,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,137, from $51,060, 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 268 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $45,223 — the adjusted value of that $51,060 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 268 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 $53,420 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 $16,350 and the top tenth $88,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $45,223 in national terms.
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 $42,137 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $53,420. 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 ($16,350) and the ninetieth ($88,610) 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 $45,223 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 $42,137 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.