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
Logging Equipment Operators	$49,350	60	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$49,340	100	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,320	110	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$49,290	70	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$49,160	70	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$48,800	80	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$48,590	80	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$48,570	3,400	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$48,410	1,120	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,400	60	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$48,340	370	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,310	1,680	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$48,250	210	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$48,220	270	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$48,160	70	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$48,130	40	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$48,080	2,500	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,070	880	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$48,020	250	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$48,000	100	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$47,830	180	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,760	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,680	2,920	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$47,550	430	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$47,380	130	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$47,050	350	View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$47,050	40	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$47,040	80	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$46,970	90	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$46,910	130	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$46,870	4,680	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$46,800	860	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$46,740	220	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$46,730	90	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,690	3,260	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$46,510	120	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$46,430	130	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$46,370	1,120	View salary detail
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$46,370	130	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$46,170	100	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$46,170	150	View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$46,160	60	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$46,150	130	View salary detail
Forensic Science Technicians	$45,990	60	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$45,960	100	View salary detail
Range Managers	$45,910	80	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$45,910	80	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$45,910	80	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$45,870	850	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$45,820	80	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.