Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Columbia, SC

622 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Columbia, SC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,780	220	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$45,710	40	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$45,620	6,610	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$45,580	130	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$45,410	380	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$45,380	450	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$45,370	250	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$45,320	90	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,040	70	View salary detail
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$44,950	170	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$44,860	1,260	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,810	250	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$44,810	390	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$44,800	50	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$44,790	50	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$44,790	50	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$44,790	50	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$44,790	50	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$44,750	130	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$44,690	80	View salary detail
Roofers	$44,660	160	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$44,620	440	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$44,250	340	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$44,240	80	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$44,190	90	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$44,180	310	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$44,090	450	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$44,090	450	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$44,090	450	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$44,090	450	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,790	620	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$43,730	100	View salary detail
Tellers	$43,560	690	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$43,500	1,930	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$43,400	30	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$43,270	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$43,140	230	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$42,770	300	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$42,630	2,610	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$42,510	110	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$42,290	770	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$41,740	40	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$41,600	—	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$41,600	—	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,340	1,180	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$41,240	2,170	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$40,930	220	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$40,680	2,190	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$40,620	70	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$40,210	400	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.