Sumter, SC Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sumter, SC moved from $41,590 in May 2024 to $42,890 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sumter, SC sits +0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44940 · Sumter, SC $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #468/528
- RPP-LOW 88.0
- OCC-THIN 166 occs
- TOP-LEAD Computer and I… · $138K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Oklaho…
- BOOK-MOST 165 rows · May 2025
Read with Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (+$87 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Sumter, SC
Where Sumter, SC already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Engineers lead published employment inside Sumter, SC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 420 jobs · $99,850
- 2. Industrial Engineers 140 jobs · $101,430
- 3. Management Analysts 140 jobs · $95,150
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 110 jobs · $99,830
- 5. Financial Managers 90 jobs · $128,400
- 6. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $117,490
- 7. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $129,820
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $127,350
- 9. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $124,810
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $112,080
- 11. Lawyers 70 jobs · $101,900
- 12. Logisticians 70 jobs · $93,640
- 13. Computer Occupations, All Other 60 jobs · $96,890
- 14. Computer Systems Analysts 60 jobs · $95,870
- 15. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $94,440
- 16. Managers, All Other 50 jobs · $129,960
- 17. Software Developers 50 jobs · $121,880
- 18. Physical Therapists 50 jobs · $100,520
Occupations Tracked
166
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,568
employment-weighted, 165 complete rows
Top Salary
$137,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Cost of Living
88.0
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Sumter, SC, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $99,850 |
| 2 | Industrial Engineers | $101,430 |
| 3 | Management Analysts | $95,150 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $99,830 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $128,400 |
| 6 | Construction Managers | $117,490 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $129,820 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,350 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $124,810 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $112,080 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $101,900 |
| 12 | Logisticians | $93,640 |
| 13 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $96,890 |
| 14 | Computer Systems Analysts | $95,870 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers | $94,440 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $129,960 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $121,880 |
| 18 | Physical Therapists | $100,520 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,690 |
| 20 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $133,450 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers | $106,480 |
| 22 | Mechanical Engineers | $101,010 |
| 23 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $98,490 |
| 24 | Civil Engineers | $94,110 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $133,720 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sumter, SC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $17,440 |
| Bartenders | $18,040 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $20,820 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,960 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,050 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,260 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,350 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $23,790 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,980 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $24,510 |
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 ($50,568 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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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro 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.