Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,225
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$28,965
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,246
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
$111,190
Kept after tax
$82,225
Worth in national money
$88,246
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $111,190, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.98% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 31 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $111,190 the take-home is $82,225; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $88,246 would nationally. The average comes to $121,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, at $111,190 — about 5.98% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within South Carolina, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 31 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in South Carolina, on $111,190, is $82,225 — equivalent to $88,246 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 $121,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $199,820 |
| This salary | $111,190 |
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 | $82,225 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,052 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,337 |
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 | $104,329 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,846 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $111,190 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,690 and the ninetieth is $199,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,225 take-home in South Carolina comes from $111,190. 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 31 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 $88,246, the adjusted value of that $111,190 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 31 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $111,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,690 to $199,820. 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 $82,225, from $111,190, 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 31 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $88,246 — the adjusted value of that $111,190 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 31 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 $121,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,690, the highest tenth $199,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $88,246 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $82,225 remains.
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 $121,990. 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 ($50,690) and the ninetieth ($199,820) 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 $88,246 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 $82,225 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.