Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,230
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,530
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,029
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
$45,760
Kept after tax
$38,230
Worth in national money
$41,029
State rank
33
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. South Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $45,760, 33 of 49 states and about 1.34% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 330 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- South Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,760 the take-home is $38,230; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,029 would nationally. The average comes to $46,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- South Carolina's $45,760 median for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping places it 33 of 49 states, about 1.34% 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.
- Position 330 of 492 in South Carolina places weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in South Carolina, on $45,760, is $38,230 — equivalent to $41,029 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 $46,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,270 |
| This salary | $45,760 |
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 | $38,230 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$949 |
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 | $44,866 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,147 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,760 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,620 and the ninetieth is $56,270 — 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 $38,230, worked from $45,760. 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 330 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 $41,029, the adjusted value of that $45,760 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 330 of 492 in the state.
- The South Carolina median of $45,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,620 to $56,270. 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 $38,230, on $45,760 for work ranking 330 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 330 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $41,029 — the adjusted value of that $45,760 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 330 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,620 at the tenth percentile, $56,270 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,029.
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, $38,230 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,620 to $56,270) 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 $41,029 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 $38,230 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.