South Carolina Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Neuropsychologists	$136,990	140	View salary detail
Gambling Dealers	$27,350	140	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,000	140	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$38,880	140	View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$61,100	140	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$46,560	140	View salary detail
Psychologists, All Other	$136,990	140	View salary detail
Embalmers	$61,820	140	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$34,140	130	View salary detail
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$99,540	130	View salary detail
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	$33,650	130	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,000	130	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$41,710	130	View salary detail
Fallers	$76,350	130	View salary detail
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$94,880	130	View salary detail
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$64,500	130	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$43,040	120	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$61,500	120	View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,410	120	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$28,710	120	View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	$45,360	120	View salary detail
Curators	$47,200	120	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,340	120	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$43,310	120	View salary detail
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$162,400	110	View salary detail
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$143,580	110	View salary detail
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$109,060	110	View salary detail
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$61,890	110	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$41,290	100	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$64,740	100	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$65,770	100	View salary detail
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$214,160	100	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$41,290	100	View salary detail
Nurse Midwives	$122,390	100	View salary detail
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,900	90	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$33,590	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$81,330	90	View salary detail
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$80,700	90	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$39,370	90	View salary detail
Food Scientists and Technologists	$108,660	90	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$78,850	90	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$38,290	90	View salary detail
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners	$44,870	90	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$49,940	90	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$53,160	90	View salary detail
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,810	80	View salary detail
Physicians, Pathologists	$236,950	80	View salary detail
Carpet Installers	$33,810	80	View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,610	80	View salary detail
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,500	80	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.