Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC moved from $44,920 in May 2024 to $46,580 in May 2025 (+3.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits +0.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $19,950 here versus $35,230 nationally (-43.4%; 9,090metro-area jobs). Next is Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $51,460 locally versus $69,990 nationally (-26.5%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$19,950 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 43.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (9,090 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$51,460 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 26.5% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (4,300 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$36,030 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 20.0% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (8,410 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,800 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC sits 16.8% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (8,190 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 24860 · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #257/528
- RPP-LOW 93.3
- OCC-MOST 506 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $631K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Jackson, MI
- BOOK-FULL 493 rows · May 2025
Read with Jackson, MI ($17 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Employment scale inside Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,880 jobs · $145,610
- 2. Sales Managers 1,770 jobs · $129,090
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 1,510 jobs · $129,490
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 900 jobs · $160,900
- 5. Pharmacists 900 jobs · $135,580
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 870 jobs · $161,180
- 7. Marketing Managers 720 jobs · $148,480
- 8. Dentists, General 540 jobs · $139,940
- 9. Human Resources Managers 480 jobs · $126,550
- 10. Computer Network Architects 390 jobs · $161,170
- 11. Physicians, All Other 380 jobs · $249,480
- 12. Managers, All Other 320 jobs · $136,820
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 310 jobs · $231,790
- 14. Chief Executives 300 jobs · $166,420
- 15. Pediatricians, General 180 jobs · $227,540
- 16. Purchasing Managers 140 jobs · $128,670
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 120 jobs · $133,790
- 18. Surgeons, All Other 70 jobs · $630,540
Occupations Tracked
506
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,221
employment-weighted, 493 complete rows
Top Salary
$630,540
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
93.3
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $630,540 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $249,480 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $247,450 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $231,790 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $229,740 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $227,540 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $166,420 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,180 |
| 9 | Computer Network Architects | $161,170 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,900 |
| 11 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | $150,000 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $149,380 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $148,480 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $145,610 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $139,940 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $136,820 |
| 17 | Pharmacists | $135,580 |
| 18 | Natural Sciences Managers | $133,790 |
| 19 | Administrative Services Managers | $130,330 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $129,490 |
| 21 | Nurse Midwives | $129,360 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $129,090 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $128,670 |
| 24 | Physicists | $128,040 |
| 25 | Human Resources Managers | $126,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $19,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $19,950 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $21,180 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $21,370 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $23,450 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,720 |
| Bailiffs | $25,230 |
| Residential Advisors | $25,490 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $25,770 |
| School Bus Monitors | $26,240 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in SC
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside SC. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,221 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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