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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Columbia, SC

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Columbia, SC earns $46,690 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,075 a month.

10th percentile
$33,770
25th percentile
$38,180
Median percentile
$46,690
75th percentile
$56,800
90th percentile
$67,080

Based on 3,260 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$36,894 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,690
Federal income tax−$3,423
Social Security + Medicare−$3,572
South Carolina income tax (approx.)−$2,801
Monthly take-home$3,075
Every two weeks$1,419

Does it go far here?

$49,849Median pay in Columbia, SC is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.7 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,193 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Columbia, SC

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$374,300
Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,570
Marketing Managers$136,930
Pharmacists$133,850
Sales Managers$128,650
Industrial Production Managers$128,050
Financial Managers$124,790
Software Developers$123,380

All bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salaries · Take-home pay in South Carolina