Print Binding and Finishing Workers in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,461
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$6,359
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,984
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
$40,820
Kept after tax
$34,461
Worth in national money
$36,984
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays print binding and finishing workers around $40,820 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 492 occupations South Carolina publishes, print binding and finishing workers lands at 374. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,820 you keep $34,461 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,984 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $40,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- For print binding and finishing workers the South Carolina median is $40,820, ranking 28 of 50 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.
- Within South Carolina, this work ranks 374 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.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $34,461 after the full tax stack, from $40,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,984 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,170 |
| This salary | $40,820 |
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 | $34,461 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,979 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$988 |
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 | $40,175 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,195 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,820 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,350 and the ninetieth is $52,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $34,461, from $40,820, 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 374 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,984, the adjusted value of that $40,820 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 374 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $40,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,350 to $52,170. 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 $34,461 from $40,820. 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 374 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $36,984 — the adjusted value of that $40,820 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 374 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,350 at the bottom tenth to $52,170 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,984 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 $34,461.
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 50 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 ($29,350 to $52,170) 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 $36,984 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 $34,461 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.