Machinists Salary in Sumter, SC

Machinists pay range in Sumter

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,600 a year or less, while the top 10% make $81,060 or more. The middle half of machinists in Sumter earn between $44,210 and $59,570.

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

Machinists salary after taxes in Sumter

On the average salary of $55,230, a single filer in Sumter takes home about $45,211 a year, or $3,768 a month and $1,739 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

Is Sumter a good place for machinists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Sumter area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.0), so the average $55,230 buys what about $62,747 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Sumter ($42,890). A typical home costs $210,445, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Machinists salary in other South Carolina cities

Sumter ranks 6th of 7 South Carolina metro areas for this job; Charleston pays the most ($59,370).

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Highest-paying cities for machinists

Honolulu, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($81,140).

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Related jobs in Sumter

• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,400 a year
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,000 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,280 a year
• Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$50,470 a year
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,890 a year
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,670 a year
• Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,650 a year
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,060 a year

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