Skincare Specialists in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,564
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$6,106
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,022
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
$39,670
Kept after tax
$33,564
Worth in national money
$36,022
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays skincare specialists a middle wage of $39,670, 34 of 49 states and about 12.49% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within South Carolina this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, skincare specialists ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,670 the take-home is $33,564; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,022 would nationally. The average comes to $47,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina's $39,670 median for skincare specialists places it 34 of 49 states, about 12.49% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation South Carolina reports, skincare specialists ranks 385 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for skincare specialists in South Carolina, on $39,670, is $33,564 — equivalent to $36,022 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 $47,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Skincare Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,430 |
| This salary | $39,670 |
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 | $33,564 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,055 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$977 |
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 | $39,059 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,181 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,670 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $22,530 and the ninetieth is $80,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $33,564, from $39,670, 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 385 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 $36,022, the adjusted value of that $39,670 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 385 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $39,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $22,530 to $80,430. 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 $33,564 from $39,670. 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 385 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $36,022 — the adjusted value of that $39,670 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 385 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 $47,750 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $22,530, the highest tenth $80,430, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $36,022.
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, $33,564 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 $47,750. 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 ($22,530) and the ninetieth ($80,430) 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 $36,022 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 $33,564 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.