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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
Water Resource Specialists$131,140780View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators$131,140780View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers$131,140780View salary detail
Sales Managers$131,0809,340View salary detail
Database Architects$130,0001,160View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists$130,0001,160View salary detail
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Loss Prevention Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Regulatory Affairs Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Wind Energy Operations Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Compliance Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Managers, All Other$129,9602,210View salary detail
Wind Energy Development Managers$129,9602,210View salary detail
Software Developers$129,45013,230View salary detail
Computer and Information Research Scientists$126,980430View salary detail
Biomass Power Plant Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Geothermal Production Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Quality Control Systems Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Hydroelectric Production Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Biofuels Production Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Industrial Production Managers$126,8806,390View salary detail
Nuclear Engineers$126,5701,440View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers$125,110690View salary detail
Administrative Services Managers$124,320—View salary detail
Human Resources Managers$124,2902,400View salary detail
Nurse Practitioners$123,2905,670View salary detail
Physician Assistants$122,4902,250View salary detail
Anesthesiologist Assistants$122,4902,250View salary detail
Nurse Midwives$122,390100View salary detail
Veterinarians$122,1301,380View salary detail
Materials Engineers$121,610600View salary detail
Lawyers$120,3107,890View salary detail
Training and Development Managers$119,460610View salary detail
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators$118,620320View salary detail
Sales Engineers$114,250770View salary detail
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$113,7201,030View salary detail
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists$113,7201,030View salary detail
Penetration Testers$112,2604,300View salary detail
Blockchain Engineers$112,2604,300View salary detail
Computer Occupations, All Other$112,2604,300View salary detail
Information Security Engineers$112,2604,300View salary detail
Web Administrators$112,2604,300View salary detail
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects$112,2604,300View salary detail
Digital Forensics Analysts$112,2604,300View salary detail
Document Management Specialists$112,2604,300View salary detail
Information Technology Project Managers$112,2604,300View salary detail
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians$112,2604,300View salary detail
Air Traffic Controllers$112,030190View salary detail
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors$111,1903,760View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$111,1903,760View 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.