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

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Word Processors and Typists	$42,840	30	View salary detail
Firefighters	$42,570	7,780	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$42,510	1,160	View salary detail
Tellers	$42,280	4,400	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$42,230	200	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$42,210	480	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$42,120	8,070	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$41,990	1,660	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$41,740	740	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,740	480	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$41,710	130	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$41,650	40	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$41,290	100	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$41,290	100	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$41,160	12,110	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$41,100	150	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$41,020	80	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$40,970	560	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$40,840	2,080	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$40,820	340	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$40,470	2,100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$40,400	1,470	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$40,370	4,010	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$40,170	15,630	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$40,020	400	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,010	4,890	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,000	140	View salary detail
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$39,960	760	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$39,930	720	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$39,900	5,900	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$39,800	3,430	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$39,790	2,380	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,760	1,500	View salary detail
Sewers, Hand	$39,690	—	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$39,670	1,210	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$39,640	60	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$39,600	1,890	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$39,480	40	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$39,460	2,000	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$39,450	1,090	View salary detail
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	$39,410	770	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$39,370	90	View salary detail
File Clerks	$39,350	1,210	View salary detail
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$39,340	50	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$39,300	810	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$39,240	320	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$39,220	1,360	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$39,060	680	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$39,020	2,540	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$39,010	2,760	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.