Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in South Carolina

832 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in South Carolina for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Meter Readers, Utilities$47,850410View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,77019,390View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$47,75060View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,7402,560View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,680710View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators$47,650920View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,5502,440View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,510660View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$47,5002,820View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers$47,460380View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,410730View salary detail
Dental Assistants$47,3205,530View salary detail
Curators$47,200120View salary detail
Hearing Aid Specialists$47,190220View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$47,120240View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,100770View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$47,020730View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders$47,000130View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$46,950630View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$46,9501,960View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,9101,020View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,89013,360View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians$46,860210View salary detail
Paperhangers$46,80050View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$46,7602,730View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,750290View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$46,740—View salary detail
Lighting Technicians$46,72060View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$46,660640View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$46,640260View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers$46,560140View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists$46,550230View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$46,470400View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,4302,240View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians$46,4302,240View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,260340View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$46,180440View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers$46,120800View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing$46,110550View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers$46,110550View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$46,110550View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing$46,110550View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers$46,000250View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers$45,900200View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,760940View salary detail
Roofers$45,760850View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,7404,520View salary detail
Athletes and Sports Competitors$45,720280View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand$45,710260View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks$45,50060View salary detail

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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.