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
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$36,980	1,720	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$49,920	1,710	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,550	1,680	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$41,990	1,660	View salary detail
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$75,160	1,660	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$77,940	1,600	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$35,780	1,580	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$73,700	1,560	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$52,240	1,550	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$57,000	1,540	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,890	1,540	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$57,000	1,540	View salary detail
Tutors	$33,220	1,510	View salary detail
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,830	1,500	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,760	1,500	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$38,070	1,490	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$43,540	1,490	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$53,710	1,480	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$62,760	1,470	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$40,400	1,470	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$62,760	1,470	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$62,760	1,470	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$65,160	1,450	View salary detail
Nuclear Engineers	$126,570	1,440	View salary detail
Orderlies	$36,480	1,430	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$43,740	1,420	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$60,220	1,380	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$80,240	1,380	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$36,710	1,380	View salary detail
Veterinarians	$122,130	1,380	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$39,220	1,360	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$83,290	1,340	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$59,790	1,310	View salary detail
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	$26,490	1,300	View salary detail
Parking Attendants	$31,490	1,300	View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$62,420	1,290	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$58,960	1,290	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$58,960	1,290	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$58,960	1,290	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$69,580	1,290	View salary detail
Automotive Engineering Technicians	$69,580	1,290	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$58,390	1,280	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Nanosystems Engineers	$110,490	1,280	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$110,490	1,280	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.