Order Clerks in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,177
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$6,563
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,752
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
$41,740
Kept after tax
$35,177
Worth in national money
$37,752
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for order clerks is on the low side in South Carolina. The middle earner gets $41,740. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 9.59% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations South Carolina publishes, order clerks lands at 370. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $41,740 you keep $35,177, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,752 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $42,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For order clerks, South Carolina sits in the lower band at $41,740, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 9.59%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within South Carolina, this work ranks 370 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for order clerks on $41,740 is $35,177. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,752 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 $42,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,640 |
| This salary | $41,740 |
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 | $35,177 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,718 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$996 |
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 | $41,066 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,205 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,740 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,360 and the ninetieth is $54,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,177 take-home in South Carolina comes from $41,740. 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 370 of 492.
- Two cautions on $37,752, the adjusted value of that $41,740 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 370 of 492 locally.
- The South Carolina median of $41,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,360 to $54,640. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $35,177, from $41,740, 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 370 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 48 for it.
- This $37,752 adjusted figure, worked from $41,740, 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 370 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 370 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,360 and the top tenth $54,640, so most people doing this work in South Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,752 in national terms.
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 $35,177.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,360 to $54,640) 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 $37,752 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 $35,177 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.