Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,988
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$10,652
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,428
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
$57,640
Kept after tax
$46,988
Worth in national money
$50,428
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. South Carolina is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $57,640. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations South Carolina reports figures for, this is number 228.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,640 the take-home is $46,988; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,428 would nationally. The average comes to $60,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina ranks 33 of 51 for production, planning, and expediting clerks at $57,640. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In South Carolina's occupational distribution, production, planning, and expediting clerks sits at 228 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for production, planning, and expediting clerks in South Carolina, on $57,640, is $46,988 — equivalent to $50,428 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $60,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,850 |
| This salary | $57,640 |
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 | $46,988 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,494 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$525 |
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 | $55,766 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$635 |
| 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 $57,640. The published range is $39,810 up to $87,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $46,988, worked from $57,640. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 228 of 492.
- Two cautions on $50,428, the adjusted value of that $57,640 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 228 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for production, planning, and expediting clerks in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,810 to $87,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The South Carolina take-home of $46,988, on $57,640 for work ranking 228 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 228 of 492 in the state.
- This $50,428 adjusted figure, worked from $57,640, 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 228 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 228 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 $60,830 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,810 at the bottom tenth to $87,850 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $50,428 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 $46,988 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $60,830. 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 ($39,810) and the ninetieth ($87,850) 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 $50,428 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 $46,988 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.