Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $25,700 here versus $31,200 nationally (-17.6%; 2,860metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $27,760 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-15.6%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,700 in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 17.6% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,860 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$27,760 in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 15.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,770 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,270 in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 14.5% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,600 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,320 in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 9.7% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (3,320 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4500003 · Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #429/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 313 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $280K
- EMP-MIX Industrial P…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Rocky Mount, NC
- BOOK-FULL 310 rows · May 2025
Read with Rocky Mount, NC ($55 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwestern South Carolina…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Industrial Production Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Industrial Production Managers 440 jobs · $127,790
- 2. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $124,400
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 250 jobs · $121,720
- 4. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $279,620
- 5. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $133,740
- 6. Pharmacists 200 jobs · $133,690
- 7. Construction Managers 190 jobs · $104,760
- 8. Software Developers 150 jobs · $117,140
- 9. Lawyers 130 jobs · $117,680
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 120 jobs · $155,950
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $232,600
- 12. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 110 jobs · $130,850
- 13. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $122,690
- 14. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $117,770
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 100 jobs · $139,660
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 70 jobs · $278,640
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $112,490
- 18. Marketing Managers 60 jobs · $129,260
Occupations Tracked
313
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,698
employment-weighted, 310 complete rows
Top Salary
$279,620
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,790 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $124,400 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,720 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $279,620 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $133,740 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $133,690 |
| 7 | Construction Managers | $104,760 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $117,140 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $117,680 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $155,950 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $232,600 |
| 12 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $130,850 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $122,690 |
| 14 | Administrative Services Managers | $117,770 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,660 |
| 16 | Nurse Anesthetists | $278,640 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $112,490 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $129,260 |
| 19 | Data Scientists | $106,160 |
| 20 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $105,170 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $161,250 |
| 22 | Chief Executives | $136,250 |
| 23 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $108,590 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $112,270 |
| 25 | Veterinarians | $108,910 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $17,520 |
| Bartenders | $18,740 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $21,630 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,340 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,310 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $24,960 |
| School Bus Monitors | $25,030 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,470 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,600 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $25,700 |
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 ($52,698 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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