Property Appraisers and Assessors in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,071
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,039
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,591
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
$59,110
Kept after tax
$48,071
Worth in national money
$51,591
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in South Carolina. The middle earner gets $59,110. That is 36 of 50 states, and about 13.02% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 216 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,110 the take-home is $48,071; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,591 would nationally. The average comes to $63,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For property appraisers and assessors, South Carolina sits in the lower band at $59,110, ranking 36 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 13.02%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 216 of 492 in South Carolina places property appraisers and assessors 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.
- Post-tax income for property appraisers and assessors in South Carolina, on $59,110, is $48,071 — equivalent to $51,591 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 $63,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,990 |
| This salary | $59,110 |
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 | $48,071 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$472 |
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 | $57,114 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$571 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,110 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,710 and the ninetieth is $89,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $48,071, worked from $59,110. 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 216 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 $51,591, the adjusted value of that $59,110 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 216 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $59,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,710 to $89,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Carolina take-home of $48,071, on $59,110 for work ranking 216 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 216 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $51,591 — the adjusted value of that $59,110 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 216 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $63,670, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,710 and the top tenth $89,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $51,591.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and South Carolina's own levy, $48,071 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $63,670. 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 ($45,710) and the ninetieth ($89,990) 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 $51,591 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 $48,071 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.