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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in South Carolina

The median postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in South Carolina earns $58,390 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,799 a month.

10th percentile
$42,600
25th percentile
$50,460
Median percentile
$58,390
75th percentile
$68,810
90th percentile
$75,280

Based on 1,280 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

$45,593 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,390
Federal income tax−$4,827
Social Security + Medicare−$4,467
South Carolina income tax (approx.)−$3,503
Monthly take-home$3,799
Every two weeks$1,754

Does it go far here?

$62,283Median pay in South Carolina is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.7 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,180 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in South Carolina

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$359,500
Physicians, All Other$274,480
Nurse Anesthetists$265,480
Family Medicine Physicians$239,200
Anesthesiologists$238,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,040
Chief Executives$168,840
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,860

All postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators salaries · Take-home pay in South Carolina