1099 Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in South Carolina

Market size and concentration in South Carolina

The occupation employs 1,470 people across South Carolina. That figure counts every employment arrangement, W-2 and 1099 alike — BLS does not split the two. Applying 1099WORK's estimate that roughly 25% of information security analysts work on a 1099 basis puts the independent share near 368 people. Treat that as an order of magnitude, not a census.

The location quotient is 0.56 — information security analysts are 44% less concentrated here than in the average US market. That thins the employer pool, but it also thins the competition for the contracts that do exist.

A thin concentration cuts both ways: fewer employers and longer sales cycles, but far less competition once you have a relationship.

Where the information security analysts are in South Carolina

Statewide totals hide how concentrated the work is. These 7 metros account for the bulk of South Carolina's cybersecurity analyst employment:

What the tax side looks like in South Carolina

Nothing is withheld from a 1099 payment. You pay self-employment tax at 15.3% on 92.35% of net profit, plus income tax, in four estimated payments a year. South Carolina adds its own income tax and its own estimated-payment schedule on top.

One thing to get right first

Labelling an engagement 1099 does not make it 1099 — the IRS weighs who controls the work, who supplies the tools and who carries the risk. For information security analysts the usual flashpoints are set schedules, employer-supplied equipment and exclusivity clauses. South Carolina also applies its own test, which can reach a different answer than the IRS does on identical facts.

Where the 1099 work is in South Carolina

Across the 81 occupations 1099WORK tracks, South Carolina has an estimated 236,907 people working on a 1099 basis, out of 761,320 employed in those occupations altogether. The concentration is uneven: registered nurses, secretaries and administrative assistants, and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers account for a disproportionate share, because those trades are structurally independent rather than incidentally so. The 1099 estimates below apply 1099WORK's per-occupation contractor share to BLS employment — they are estimates, and BLS itself does not publish the split.

The best-paying 1099 work in South Carolina

Software Developer leads on median pay in South Carolina at $108,690, with the top decile at $179,670. The table below is filtered to occupations where independent work is genuinely common — a high median in an occupation that is 95% W-2 is not an opportunity. Remember that every figure is a W-2-and-1099 blend: to match them as a contractor, multiply by roughly 1.33 for payroll tax, unpaid time and self-funded benefits.

1099WORK, briefly

1099WORK is a marketplace built for 1099 engagements specifically: companies post a defined scope, information security analysts keep one verified profile, and agreements, onboarding and payment happen in the same place. It launched as 1099REPS for independent medical sales reps and now covers the wider 1099 economy, South Carolina included.