Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Cashiers publishes $26,490 here versus $32,880 nationally (-19.4%; 2,170metro-area jobs).

  1. Cashiers$26,490 in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 19.4% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,170 published local jobs).

Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4500005 · Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

  • MEAN-TRACE #474/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 217 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $253K
  • EMP-MIX Medical and…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH North Missouri n…
  • BOOK-MOST 217 rows · May 2025

Read with North Missouri nonmetropolitan area ($95 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 Southern South Carolina non…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KSouthern South Carol… · this MSA: $50KSouthern South Carol… · this…$50KNorth Missouri nonme… · near: $50KNorth Missouri nonme… · near$50KAlexandria, LA · near: $50KAlexandria, LA · near$50KNorth Georgia nonmet… · near: $50KNorth Georgia nonmet… · near$50KSouthern West Virgin… · near: $50KSouthern West Virgin… · near$50KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Southern South Carol… · this MSA $50K
North Missouri nonme… · near $50K
Alexandria, LA · near $50K
North Georgia nonmet… · near $50K
Southern West Virgin… · near $50K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Medical and Health Services Managers and Education Administrators, Postsecondary lead published employment inside Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 220 jobs · $112,490
  2. 2. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 190 jobs · $102,910
  3. 3. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $125,680
  4. 4. Sales Managers 140 jobs · $115,120
  5. 5. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $123,280
  6. 6. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $134,180
  7. 7. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $128,380
  8. 8. Construction Managers 110 jobs · $107,140
  9. 9. Lawyers 110 jobs · $101,560
  10. 10. Industrial Engineers 90 jobs · $100,410
  11. 11. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 70 jobs · $107,960
  12. 12. Physical Therapists 70 jobs · $98,180
  13. 13. Administrative Services Managers 60 jobs · $121,640
  14. 14. Software Developers 50 jobs · $125,270
  15. 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $111,490
  16. 16. Physicians, All Other 40 jobs · $252,510
  17. 17. Physician Assistants 40 jobs · $156,000
  18. 18. Facilities Managers 40 jobs · $110,020

Occupations Tracked

217

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$50,182

employment-weighted, 217 complete rows

Top Salary

$252,510

Physicians, All Other

Top-pay occupations in Southern 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 Medical and Health Services Managers $112,490
2 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $102,910
3 Industrial Production Managers $125,680
4 Sales Managers $115,120
5 Financial Managers $123,280
6 Pharmacists $134,180
7 Nurse Practitioners $128,380
8 Construction Managers $107,140
9 Lawyers $101,560
10 Industrial Engineers $100,410
11 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $107,960
12 Physical Therapists $98,180
13 Administrative Services Managers $121,640
14 Software Developers $125,270
15 Computer and Information Systems Managers $111,490
16 Physicians, All Other $252,510
17 Physician Assistants $156,000
18 Facilities Managers $110,020
19 Financial and Investment Analysts $101,760
20 Electrical Engineers $101,080
21 Network and Computer Systems Administrators $100,360
22 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists $99,570
23 Marketing Managers $145,980
24 Human Resources Managers $114,120
25 Managers, All Other $107,160

Lowest Paying Jobs in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

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 ($50,182 here) and summed published employment.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 217 published occupation means with employment estimates is $50,182/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 217 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $120,170, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $252,510/year. The second highest is Physician Assistants at $156,000/year.
What jobs pay the least in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area is Waiters and Waitresses with a median salary of $17,860/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

Related federal data

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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