Office Clerks, General Salary in Charleston, SC

Office Clerks, General pay range in Charleston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,680 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,040 or more. The middle half of office clerks, general in Charleston earn between $30,940 and $49,170.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Office Clerks, General pay in Charleston vs. South Carolina and the U.S.

Office clerks, general in Charleston earn 9% more than the South Carolina average ($37,970) and 11% less than the U.S. average ($46,420). At the median the gap is -13% against the U.S. median of $45,010.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Office Clerks, General salary after taxes in Charleston

On the average salary of $41,200, a single filer in Charleston takes home about $34,756 a year, or $2,896 a month and $1,337 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Charleston a good place for office clerks, general? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Charleston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.0), so the average $41,200 buys what about $40,807 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Charleston ($49,150). A typical home costs $435,877, or 10.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Office Clerks, General salary in other South Carolina cities

Charleston ranks 1st of 8 South Carolina metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for office clerks, general

Boulder, CO pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($61,790).

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• Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$51,670 a year
• Data Entry Keyers$42,030 a year
• Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$39,690 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$73,110 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$69,300 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$63,900 a year
• Brokerage Clerks$63,070 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$62,410 a year

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