Wages by Occupation in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 394,170 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $49,150 for all occupations combined. 513 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

40.8% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.8), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 101.0 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 119.8; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 45,690 residents (5.7% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±2,026; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.8% in 2025, with a labor force of about 461,176 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

43.8% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.7), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$33,828	$32,485
High school graduate	$41,202	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$48,326	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$68,569	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$79,496	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	21.5% (±2.5)	24.2%
High school graduate	12.2% (±1.0)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.0% (±0.8)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7% (±0.5)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	7.7% (±2.0)	7.7%
High school graduate	3.7% (±0.8)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	3.4% (±0.7)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8% (±0.3)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	35.2%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	10.4%	10.0%
Business	22.6%	20.1%
Education	10.6%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	21.2%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	2,600	$79,350	$91,850	6.59	0.71
Administrative Services Managers	—	$125,730	$138,580	—	—
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	60	$41,600	$53,030	0.15	0.61
Advertising and Promotions Managers	40	$170,000	$165,830	0.11	0.78
Advertising Sales Agents	520	$80,410	$80,250	1.32	2.23
Aerospace Engineers	340	$137,030	$145,750	0.87	2.00
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	40	$80,140	$76,650	0.10	1.63
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	380	$81,690	$78,560	0.97	1.09
Airfield Operations Specialists	50	$34,330	$42,450	0.12	1.28
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	60	$34,880	$35,840	0.16	1.98
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	1,820	$29,730	$30,790	4.63	1.81
Anesthesiologists	—	$308,880	$288,600	—	—
Animal Caretakers	730	$35,000	$35,600	1.86	1.08
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	240	$102,880	$103,020	0.61	0.88
Architectural and Civil Drafters	260	$68,460	$72,430	0.66	0.99
Architectural and Engineering Managers	730	$174,040	$180,210	1.85	1.30
Art Directors	120	$87,610	$110,950	0.29	0.86
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	240	$65,800	$75,620	0.61	1.01
Athletic Trainers	100	$62,690	$63,530	0.25	1.27
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	50	$82,240	$95,380	0.13	1.98
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$76,500	$78,250	0.14	2.22
Audio and Video Technicians	90	$52,250	$62,820	0.23	0.52
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	—	$59,560	$54,290	—	—
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	40	$42,800	$41,730	0.11	0.17
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	660	$63,080	$64,720	1.67	1.73
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	70	$47,600	$47,300	0.18	1.42
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	2,510	$49,120	$54,140	6.37	1.41
Avionics Technicians	60	$84,930	$81,840	0.14	1.19
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	110	$24,950	$24,410	0.28	1.52
Bailiffs	40	$38,010	$37,420	0.10	0.91
Bakers	620	$39,070	$38,690	1.57	1.03
Bartenders	3,110	$19,630	$27,940	7.88	1.62
Bill and Account Collectors	540	$44,870	$46,250	1.36	1.33
Billing and Posting Clerks	610	$46,460	$47,740	1.56	0.60
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$82,300	$88,350	0.47	1.47
Biological Scientists, All Other	110	$94,520	$102,860	0.28	0.78
Biological Technicians	60	$61,640	$60,030	0.15	0.34
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	3,350	$50,400	$53,290	8.51	0.96
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	50	$48,690	$52,570	0.13	0.40
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	30	$38,000	$47,490	0.08	0.59
Broadcast Technicians	30	$57,190	$56,940	0.09	0.63
Brokerage Clerks	90	$60,200	$63,070	0.22	0.96
Budget Analysts	100	$79,440	$86,470	0.25	0.84
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	540	$61,000	$61,410	1.38	0.74
Bus Drivers, School	950	$46,460	$46,430	2.42	0.93
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	50	$40,580	$42,660	0.14	0.14
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	3,680	$79,110	$91,610	9.35	1.34
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	570	$61,680	$86,830	1.46	2.76
Butchers and Meat Cutters	400	$40,970	$42,580	1.03	1.17
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	1,300	$82,240	$89,310	3.29	1.04
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	160	$48,380	$49,720	0.40	0.80
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	250	$91,000	$87,020	0.63	2.64
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	210	$60,110	$66,620	0.53	1.30
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$64,430	$66,800	0.34	0.46
Cargo and Freight Agents	730	$57,560	$59,800	1.85	2.95
Carpenters	1,240	$50,380	$54,750	3.16	0.73
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	40	$64,290	$75,890	0.09	0.97
Cashiers	7,960	$30,130	$30,550	20.19	1.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	300	$52,560	$56,980	0.75	0.57
Chefs and Head Cooks	770	$74,210	$71,800	1.97	1.53
Chemical Engineers	50	$129,070	$124,420	0.12	0.87
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	290	$57,410	$56,660	0.75	0.83
Chemical Plant and System Operators	80	$67,540	$68,840	0.20	1.88
Chemical Technicians	330	$63,050	$68,710	0.83	2.25
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$81,610	$87,660	0.21	1.64
Chemists	100	$90,070	$96,740	0.26	0.49
Chief Executives	290	$197,220	$226,000	0.73	0.56
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	740	$52,310	$58,470	1.88	0.74
Childcare Workers	1,860	$31,870	$33,350	4.72	1.41
Chiropractors	110	$76,750	$82,060	0.28	1.09
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	370	$55,990	$63,350	0.93	2.10
Civil Engineers	1,310	$98,740	$111,080	3.33	1.41
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	370	$81,330	$85,460	0.93	0.45
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	1,050	$35,310	$34,350	2.67	1.09
Clergy	60	$59,570	$61,630	0.16	0.43
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	—	$65,000	$75,850	—	—
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	830	$58,050	$59,100	2.12	0.99
Coaches and Scouts	670	$47,320	$63,390	1.71	1.07
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	600	$62,280	$58,580	1.53	1.50
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	40	$60,320	$61,380	0.11	1.29
Commercial and Industrial Designers	80	$58,690	$63,760	0.20	0.94
Commercial Pilots	50	$118,980	$129,270	0.13	0.42
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	30	$52,890	$59,860	0.08	0.12
Community Health Workers	80	$50,980	$56,360	0.21	0.52
Compensation and Benefits Managers	50	$150,810	$152,230	0.12	0.78
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	140	$67,970	$76,950	0.37	0.51
Compliance Officers	1,110	$86,260	$89,570	2.82	1.05
Computer and Information Research Scientists	400	$126,860	$122,200	1.01	4.22
Computer and Information Systems Managers	940	$167,000	$181,020	2.38	0.55
Computer Hardware Engineers	270	$133,430	$129,420	0.69	1.39
Computer Network Architects	480	$137,930	$139,530	1.21	1.04
Computer Network Support Specialists	690	$81,990	$89,930	1.75	1.86
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	60	$76,710	$78,610	0.15	0.80
Computer Occupations, All Other	1,590	$131,600	$129,880	4.04	1.44
Computer Programmers	160	$107,770	$115,960	0.40	0.67
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$78,240	$95,860	0.26	1.14
Computer Systems Analysts	1,620	$103,300	$108,680	4.12	1.23
Computer User Support Specialists	1,720	$52,590	$64,410	4.36	0.94
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	90	$43,320	$47,050	0.24	0.57
Concierges	150	$37,980	$40,410	0.39	1.23
Conservation Scientists	60	$57,550	$62,650	0.16	0.98
Construction and Building Inspectors	460	$60,140	$62,250	1.17	1.24
Construction Laborers	3,710	$43,630	$46,260	9.41	1.33
Construction Managers	1,080	$107,610	$123,720	2.73	1.12
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	60	$47,790	$58,700	0.16	0.51
Cooks, Fast Food	1,090	$32,380	$31,410	2.77	0.67
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	940	$36,990	$36,920	2.38	0.84
Cooks, Restaurant	6,040	$36,710	$37,260	15.33	1.69
Cooks, Short Order	—	$32,020	$32,410	—	—
Correctional Officers and Jailers	450	$52,300	$55,800	1.14	0.47
Cost Estimators	540	$73,130	$81,100	1.38	0.96
Counter and Rental Clerks	1,290	$38,910	$41,850	3.27	1.27
Couriers and Messengers	250	$39,860	$36,980	0.64	1.45
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	250	$46,640	$52,210	0.62	0.54
Crane and Tower Operators	320	$80,880	$74,890	0.81	2.94
Credit Analysts	50	$83,010	$93,880	0.13	0.32
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	80	$41,220	$38,530	0.21	2.72
Credit Counselors	40	$47,690	$48,790	0.10	0.57
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$79,410	$86,250	0.10	1.15
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	140	$73,990	$68,970	0.35	0.58
Curators	30	$47,200	$56,350	0.08	1.02
Customer Service Representatives	7,940	$44,000	$45,570	20.13	1.21
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	400	$37,880	$40,780	1.00	0.91
Data Entry Keyers	210	$41,560	$42,030	0.53	0.64
Database Administrators	180	$98,180	$101,790	0.45	1.01
Database Architects	170	$129,640	$139,450	0.43	0.99
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	50	$40,160	$40,320	0.12	0.30
Dental Assistants	1,050	$49,040	$51,000	2.66	1.07
Dental Hygienists	540	$94,570	$91,920	1.37	0.96
Dentists, General	410	$121,090	$150,600	1.05	1.31
Dermatologists	—	$207,000	$269,420	—	—
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	190	$78,410	$99,800	0.48	0.66
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	210	$88,080	$91,810	0.52	0.90
Dietitians and Nutritionists	130	$76,550	$75,130	0.34	0.67
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	1,290	$26,410	$26,940	3.26	0.93
Dishwashers	1,670	$31,800	$31,870	4.23	1.38
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	500	$48,200	$52,580	1.28	0.98
Driver/Sales Workers	580	$36,650	$37,010	1.47	0.56
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$38,670	$45,850	0.19	0.36
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$109,060	$114,730	0.10	1.35
Editors	110	$63,370	$73,290	0.28	0.47
Education Administrators, All Other	50	$65,850	$80,450	0.13	0.37
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	700	$104,370	$110,860	1.77	0.84
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	450	$106,800	$121,400	1.15	0.99
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	140	$56,670	$62,950	0.34	0.72
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	240	$81,870	$80,640	0.62	1.58
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	100	$63,130	$59,610	0.26	0.34
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	1,080	$62,140	$67,070	2.75	1.21
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	520	$86,370	$92,210	1.32	2.16
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	60	$79,990	$76,020	0.15	1.28
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	130	$88,130	$82,000	0.33	0.79
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	60	$87,090	$84,660	0.15	1.15
Electrical Engineers	590	$110,030	$114,440	1.51	1.18
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	300	$75,570	$76,020	0.76	0.90
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	280	$47,000	$49,950	0.71	0.44
Electricians	1,480	$59,010	$59,360	3.76	0.77
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	450	$135,410	$130,200	1.15	1.85
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	4,670	$61,020	$65,160	11.84	1.33
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	180	$43,200	$45,580	0.46	0.47
Emergency Management Directors	50	$94,330	$108,160	0.13	1.54
Emergency Medical Technicians	780	$44,630	$45,250	1.97	1.70
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$105,440	$120,610	0.32	1.22
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	150	$94,520	$87,760	0.37	0.96
Engineers, All Other	420	$124,250	$125,260	1.06	1.07
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	210	$65,250	$76,690	0.54	1.47
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	120	$81,470	$92,490	0.29	1.20
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$72,090	$76,330	0.18	2.36
Environmental Engineers	120	$86,670	$91,020	0.31	1.24
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	130	$48,310	$50,450	0.33	1.47
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	100	$81,190	$88,190	0.25	0.43
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	530	$65,470	$69,300	1.35	0.46
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	890	$47,280	$47,740	2.27	1.09
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$47,970	$52,680	0.35	0.88
Facilities Managers	300	$106,300	$118,840	0.77	0.77
Family Medicine Physicians	230	$255,650	$256,810	0.58	0.83
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	70	$35,110	$36,660	0.18	0.10
Fast Food and Counter Workers	10,850	$28,500	$29,650	27.53	1.11
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	180	$49,270	$53,580	0.46	4.43
File Clerks	170	$44,830	$45,410	0.43	0.92
Financial and Investment Analysts	660	$93,960	$108,730	1.69	0.72
Financial Examiners	80	$158,960	$146,860	0.20	0.45
Financial Managers	1,420	$147,170	$172,860	3.61	0.67
Financial Risk Specialists	50	$96,050	$101,610	0.13	0.32
Financial Specialists, All Other	240	$94,520	$97,810	0.61	0.72
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	40	$62,180	$64,490	0.09	1.05
Firefighters	1,470	$46,830	$47,480	3.72	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	2,560	$77,470	$80,250	6.50	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	70	$58,720	$71,420	0.18	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	330	$53,620	$58,850	0.84	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	330	$73,280	$72,850	0.83	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	3,960	$43,620	$45,590	10.06	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	640	$47,340	$50,830	1.62	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	350	$62,090	$61,640	0.89	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,760	$77,300	$79,110	4.47	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	540	$73,450	$83,890	1.38	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	4,650	$65,910	$73,110	11.80	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	340	$46,270	$50,360	0.86	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	340	$81,800	$88,370	0.85	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,530	$79,990	$80,560	3.87	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	3,010	$49,690	$54,890	7.63	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	70	$51,800	$55,990	0.18	0.35
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,380	$63,440	$66,130	3.51	0.88
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	50	$52,000	$53,520	0.13	0.83
Floral Designers	110	$37,900	$36,310	0.29	1.11
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	—	$45,110	$44,210	—	—
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	300	$22,230	$25,760	0.76	1.40
Food Preparation Workers	2,650	$36,220	$35,170	6.71	1.17
Food Processing Workers, All Other	70	$38,560	$39,060	0.17	0.41
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	890	$33,970	$31,950	2.25	1.19
Food Service Managers	960	$75,700	$79,580	2.43	1.58
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$67,630	$76,130	0.20	1.56
Forest and Conservation Technicians	30	$63,040	$64,220	0.08	0.40
Fundraisers	260	$73,630	$76,230	0.66	0.92
Fundraising Managers	60	$112,680	$118,650	0.14	0.57
General and Operations Managers	6,000	$109,260	$132,170	15.22	0.68
General Internal Medicine Physicians	80	$303,680	$340,400	0.21	0.49
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	60	$71,500	$87,100	0.15	1.01
Graphic Designers	320	$61,450	$64,310	0.81	0.64
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$51,930	$54,210	0.45	1.04
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	800	$34,860	$45,840	2.04	1.04
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	80	$49,420	$48,970	0.20	0.59
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	—	$123,090	$112,160	—	—
Health Education Specialists	100	$77,740	$78,790	0.24	0.57
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	150	$44,530	$49,720	0.37	1.52
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$82,480	$94,320	0.43	0.30
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	1,060	$44,840	$47,490	2.70	2.30
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	70	$69,620	$77,470	0.18	0.82
Healthcare Social Workers	400	$60,680	$63,710	1.01	0.84
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	170	$51,990	$53,120	0.44	0.62
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1,270	$58,410	$58,470	3.21	1.22
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	6,020	$55,150	$57,950	15.28	1.15
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	80	$43,840	$43,230	0.20	1.22
Helpers--Carpenters	40	$37,870	$38,200	0.10	0.74
Helpers--Electricians	390	$44,630	$43,000	0.98	2.39
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	340	$37,130	$39,430	0.87	1.42
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	180	$43,010	$43,220	0.46	1.61
Helpers--Production Workers	140	$40,800	$42,140	0.36	0.34
Highway Maintenance Workers	180	$48,950	$49,600	0.46	0.46
History Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$77,050	$76,660	0.28	2.30
Home Appliance Repairers	40	$47,600	$52,530	0.10	0.48
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	4,340	$34,100	$33,210	11.00	0.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1,860	$29,140	$29,690	4.71	1.69
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1,120	$33,860	$32,120	2.84	1.69
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	160	$47,840	$47,590	0.41	0.70
Human Resources Managers	420	$127,080	$135,760	1.07	0.76
Human Resources Specialists	2,190	$70,580	$78,390	5.54	0.94
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	410	$71,160	$74,110	1.05	2.16
Industrial Engineers	1,050	$110,830	$115,310	2.67	1.14
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,350	$60,950	$62,350	3.43	1.21
Industrial Production Managers	980	$124,060	$137,300	2.49	1.57
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2,420	$46,890	$50,380	6.13	1.23
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	220	$51,630	$51,270	0.56	0.64
Information Security Analysts	450	$110,310	$121,620	1.14	0.93
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,060	$50,470	$54,920	2.70	0.70
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	290	$45,670	$55,500	0.73	0.64
Instructional Coordinators	960	$78,910	$86,190	2.44	1.67
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	180	$40,120	$44,810	0.47	1.64
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	130	$48,540	$58,710	0.33	2.02
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	290	$48,170	$51,670	0.73	0.53
Insurance Sales Agents	1,330	$78,890	$93,360	3.37	1.09
Insurance Underwriters	100	$79,570	$88,160	0.26	0.38
Interior Designers	260	$72,400	$73,430	0.67	1.46
Interpreters and Translators	—	$64,550	$66,420	—	—
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	130	$38,860	$39,820	0.33	0.35
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5,210	$35,240	$34,490	13.22	0.93
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	80	$98,120	$104,090	0.21	1.36
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	80	$59,580	$59,830	0.20	0.28
Labor Relations Specialists	100	$78,050	$80,560	0.25	0.61
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	8,100	$38,090	$40,950	20.56	1.08
Landscape Architects	170	$99,330	$101,580	0.43	3.39
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	3,020	$37,720	$39,480	7.66	1.25
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	620	$33,790	$34,350	1.57	1.23
Lawyers	1,590	$127,280	$149,310	4.03	0.83
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	400	$50,520	$54,170	1.01	1.01
Legal Support Workers, All Other	170	$43,730	$63,120	0.43	1.43
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	500	$61,900	$63,630	1.26	1.47
Library Assistants, Clerical	230	$39,050	$36,750	0.59	1.08
Library Technicians	80	$44,620	$43,970	0.20	0.46
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,480	$64,100	$63,950	3.75	0.90
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	190	$61,110	$61,740	0.48	1.01
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	450	$33,170	$30,970	1.15	1.14
Light Truck Drivers	2,030	$38,300	$41,350	5.15	0.82
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	360	$48,060	$45,860	0.91	0.86
Loan Officers	700	$65,580	$86,880	1.78	1.01
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	60	$49,390	$46,200	0.15	1.50
Lodging Managers	140	$67,970	$81,740	0.34	1.25
Logisticians	1,410	$82,780	$90,100	3.57	2.21
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	80	$34,400	$36,370	0.20	0.75
Machinists	470	$59,280	$59,370	1.19	0.64
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	170	$85,270	$83,460	0.44	1.59
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,560	$33,990	$32,880	6.50	1.17
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	130	$34,510	$39,690	0.33	0.94
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	4,460	$48,540	$52,800	11.32	1.15
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	140	$75,190	$73,180	0.36	0.95
Management Analysts	2,560	$104,650	$116,650	6.50	1.13
Managers, All Other	510	$136,370	$139,810	1.30	0.33
Manicurists and Pedicurists	170	$34,850	$35,990	0.43	0.43
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,160	$65,650	$78,940	5.48	0.95
Marketing Managers	800	$138,790	$167,820	2.03	0.80
Marriage and Family Therapists	—	$57,670	$65,840	—	—
Massage Therapists	400	$62,140	$62,730	1.02	1.60
Materials Engineers	200	$131,080	$124,490	0.51	3.49
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$77,580	$82,930	0.42	1.37
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	40	$39,470	$40,110	0.09	0.10
Mechanical Drafters	100	$77,670	$84,810	0.26	1.00
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	210	$72,330	$73,330	0.53	2.29
Mechanical Engineers	940	$110,820	$113,940	2.40	1.26
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,220	$121,990	$138,190	5.62	1.46
Medical Assistants	2,320	$45,600	$43,950	5.89	1.12
Medical Equipment Preparers	150	$46,890	$47,010	0.38	0.77
Medical Equipment Repairers	160	$48,440	$48,240	0.41	0.96
Medical Records Specialists	460	$61,950	$57,720	1.16	0.93
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	200	$162,230	$160,640	0.51	0.46
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	3,040	$44,640	$44,650	7.71	1.25
Medical Transcriptionists	50	$34,650	$35,930	0.14	0.52
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	350	$53,990	$61,110	0.89	0.97
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	50	$42,060	$43,070	0.13	0.15
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	380	$38,580	$41,360	0.96	0.90
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	—	$52,180	$53,570	—	—
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	150	$39,180	$47,930	0.39	3.57
Meter Readers, Utilities	50	$50,570	$51,860	0.12	0.95
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	810	$62,530	$67,020	2.07	0.52
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	5,370	$48,180	$50,280	13.62	1.51
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	180	$49,620	$51,300	0.47	0.77
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	470	$63,080	$64,550	1.19	1.04
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	160	$46,760	$51,380	0.39	0.41
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$37,980	$51,500	0.10	0.62
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	60	$29,590	$36,500	0.15	0.50
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	240	$49,620	$51,160	0.61	4.12
Motorcycle Mechanics	40	$56,510	$52,430	0.09	1.08
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	220	$44,630	$48,520	0.56	0.70
Natural Sciences Managers	130	$132,660	$136,470	0.34	0.48
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	730	$97,480	$101,720	1.86	0.92
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	130	$48,020	$54,120	0.33	1.31
Nuclear Engineers	—	$129,590	$127,920	—	—
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	60	$99,620	$99,710	0.14	1.30
Nurse Anesthetists	—	$228,740	$265,820	—	—
Nurse Practitioners	1,050	$127,780	$126,750	2.65	1.28
Nursing Assistants	2,800	$38,810	$40,350	7.11	0.76
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	200	$77,110	$92,080	0.51	1.01
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	320	$96,990	$97,890	0.81	0.90
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	70	$56,830	$65,270	0.18	0.90
Occupational Therapists	320	$98,530	$97,710	0.82	0.79
Occupational Therapy Assistants	110	$75,770	$73,710	0.29	0.87
Office Clerks, General	6,890	$39,250	$41,200	17.48	1.10
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,470	$50,640	$54,890	3.72	1.21
Operations Research Analysts	340	$104,220	$103,100	0.87	1.24
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	240	$46,790	$44,560	0.60	1.32
Opticians, Dispensing	140	$47,900	$52,520	0.36	0.76
Optometrists	70	$154,660	$137,480	0.17	0.64
Order Clerks	70	$45,300	$46,440	0.17	0.36
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	120	$50,840	$52,500	0.29	1.26
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	490	$42,850	$46,120	1.24	0.51
Packers and Packagers, Hand	930	$29,200	$33,330	2.36	0.66
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	410	$47,510	$47,780	1.04	0.72
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	40	$47,360	$42,790	0.10	1.89
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	1,490	$57,030	$58,570	3.77	1.49
Paramedics	350	$58,190	$59,730	0.88	1.36
Parking Attendants	210	$34,530	$32,660	0.53	0.59
Parking Enforcement Workers	50	$46,550	$47,600	0.11	1.96
Parts Salespersons	640	$36,700	$40,650	1.63	0.94
Passenger Attendants	—	$28,710	$34,040	—	—
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	110	$39,130	$45,960	0.27	1.01
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	280	$53,930	$58,550	0.71	0.72
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	70	$47,320	$44,300	0.19	0.48
Personal Financial Advisors	—	$125,700	$130,680	—	—
Pest Control Workers	510	$43,530	$44,800	1.28	1.95
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	100	$40,490	$41,310	0.25	1.41
Pharmacists	920	$145,950	$141,470	2.33	1.12
Pharmacy Aides	90	$36,290	$39,660	0.24	0.93
Pharmacy Technicians	1,420	$45,690	$45,780	3.60	1.19
Phlebotomists	510	$39,820	$42,050	1.31	1.41
Photographers	100	$56,890	$55,560	0.24	0.73
Physical Therapist Aides	60	$34,110	$35,580	0.16	0.51
Physical Therapist Assistants	280	$62,270	$66,220	0.72	1.00
Physical Therapists	690	$101,550	$100,570	1.76	1.02
Physician Assistants	620	$128,920	$123,350	1.56	1.50
Physicians, All Other	1,370	$163,900	$246,080	3.47	1.57
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$81,210	$89,800	0.12	1.47
Pipelayers	170	$48,250	$48,720	0.44	2.08
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$45,520	$44,410	0.18	0.86
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	960	$57,360	$58,210	2.43	0.81
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	2,320	$60,570	$63,120	5.89	1.37
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$78,010	$80,970	0.19	1.77
Postal Service Clerks	130	$64,670	$63,900	0.32	0.67
Postal Service Mail Carriers	730	$59,880	$61,500	1.84	0.87
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	240	$57,430	$59,180	0.61	0.91
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	310	$79,110	$80,400	0.79	0.82
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	30	$88,150	$91,420	0.08	1.49
Power Plant Operators	150	$79,900	$79,910	0.39	2.05
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other	30	$54,300	$66,870	0.08	1.32
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	870	$35,710	$36,210	2.21	0.72
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	30	$30,860	$32,390	0.08	0.45
Printing Press Operators	130	$42,540	$42,080	0.32	0.35
Private Detectives and Investigators	50	$39,060	$46,320	0.14	0.60
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	50	$56,230	$58,870	0.12	0.20
Procurement Clerks	140	$49,350	$53,300	0.36	1.02
Producers and Directors	200	$61,280	$78,190	0.51	0.56
Production Workers, All Other	240	$40,350	$44,580	0.60	0.37
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	960	$58,690	$62,410	2.43	0.97
Project Management Specialists	3,510	$94,730	$100,390	8.91	1.30
Property Appraisers and Assessors	150	$62,420	$66,440	0.39	1.07
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	1,190	$63,450	$84,030	3.01	1.50
Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$51,890	$51,100	0.14	0.27
Psychiatric Technicians	150	$45,670	$44,530	0.37	0.37
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$76,600	$82,940	0.26	0.96
Public Relations Managers	130	$103,000	$119,440	0.33	0.68
Public Relations Specialists	570	$63,780	$85,230	1.44	0.79
Public Safety Telecommunicators	240	$49,240	$50,530	0.61	0.93
Purchasing Managers	220	$138,340	$144,610	0.56	1.03
Radiation Therapists	40	$98,370	$99,660	0.10	0.86
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	640	$72,730	$76,090	1.63	1.10
Real Estate Sales Agents	1,350	$60,110	$81,840	3.42	2.75
Receptionists and Information Clerks	2,160	$37,220	$37,480	5.49	0.94
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$78,240	$80,220	0.25	3.08
Recreation Workers	1,060	$36,550	$37,440	2.68	1.26
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	260	$37,890	$44,060	0.67	0.71
Registered Nurses	9,760	$92,800	$91,710	24.77	1.14
Rehabilitation Counselors	160	$38,210	$46,100	0.39	0.65
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	350	$45,020	$50,030	0.90	1.17
Residential Advisors	180	$34,090	$36,880	0.45	0.82
Respiratory Therapists	390	$79,410	$81,270	0.99	1.11
Retail Salespersons	11,930	$34,090	$35,750	30.27	1.21
Riggers	210	$51,020	$54,910	0.54	3.73
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	280	$38,840	$44,240	0.70	4.34
Roofers	110	$48,040	$57,200	0.27	0.31
Sailors and Marine Oilers	160	$59,100	$63,700	0.41	2.00
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	120	$52,170	$59,890	0.31	0.52
Sales Engineers	80	$124,870	$138,970	0.21	0.64
Sales Managers	1,660	$139,830	$150,120	4.21	1.03
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	4,290	$62,600	$74,290	10.89	1.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	3,170	$64,120	$81,900	8.04	1.01
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	730	$132,790	$135,070	1.84	1.01
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	50	$38,890	$40,240	0.13	0.49
School Bus Monitors	120	$33,120	$33,730	0.30	0.61
School Psychologists	70	$75,390	$80,180	0.17	0.43
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,430	$65,280	$70,340	6.16	0.90
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	4,420	$47,750	$47,380	11.21	1.02
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	1,050	$58,120	$83,140	2.68	0.85
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	180	$61,960	$61,040	0.45	0.82
Security Guards	2,190	$36,620	$39,510	5.56	0.67
Self-Enrichment Teachers	640	$43,680	$47,790	1.63	0.76
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$49,040	$47,250	0.28	0.72
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	120	$47,220	$47,410	0.31	1.59
Sewing Machine Operators	380	$38,110	$38,800	0.96	1.42
Sheet Metal Workers	270	$59,650	$59,370	0.69	0.90
Ship Engineers	70	$98,450	$96,430	0.18	3.36
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	2,200	$45,290	$47,950	5.59	1.06
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	510	$36,510	$40,320	1.28	0.80
Skincare Specialists	270	$41,300	$50,950	0.67	1.44
Social and Community Service Managers	290	$79,130	$88,030	0.74	0.55
Social and Human Service Assistants	690	$43,240	$45,610	1.75	0.62
Social Science Research Assistants	100	$63,440	$70,930	0.25	1.26
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	50	$76,130	$76,190	0.13	1.26
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	60	$81,330	$87,750	0.16	0.68
Social Workers, All Other	130	$99,340	$93,640	0.34	0.84
Software Developers	2,050	$132,150	$138,730	5.19	0.48
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	240	$99,250	$109,750	0.61	0.51
Soil and Plant Scientists	40	$77,090	$83,490	0.09	0.92
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	480	$64,230	$67,340	1.22	0.73
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	90	$63,340	$64,570	0.23	0.37
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	180	$63,700	$66,650	0.47	0.44
Speech-Language Pathologists	370	$98,790	$93,320	0.95	0.80
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	30	$71,950	$76,500	0.08	0.42
Stockers and Order Fillers	5,540	$36,620	$38,020	14.05	0.77
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	100	$57,780	$56,780	0.25	0.57
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	120	$49,350	$55,610	0.30	0.89
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	890	$53,260	$56,940	2.27	0.72
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,180	$42,640	$49,420	2.99	0.89
Surgical Assistants	60	$58,710	$64,410	0.15	1.07
Surgical Technologists	380	$59,920	$61,700	0.96	1.27
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	200	$47,880	$52,720	0.51	1.36
Surveyors	220	$63,680	$76,410	0.56	1.73
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	100	$36,890	$38,260	0.26	1.20
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	—	$46,230	$44,650	—	—
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	50	$76,880	$75,020	0.13	0.37
Tax Preparers	210	$62,350	$60,500	0.52	1.07
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	100	$76,400	$69,410	0.25	0.35
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,370	$28,040	$32,850	6.00	0.66
Technical Writers	150	$88,610	$93,210	0.38	1.30
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	400	$59,730	$61,740	1.01	1.12
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	150	$59,790	$61,230	0.38	0.61
Tellers	680	$45,430	$44,280	1.72	0.81
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	30	$37,210	$39,690	0.08	1.39
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	170	$47,720	$46,730	0.43	4.93
Tire Repairers and Changers	260	$36,220	$38,510	0.65	0.93
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	50	$52,990	$56,070	0.13	0.42
Tool and Die Makers	160	$74,320	$70,530	0.40	1.10
Tour and Travel Guides	400	$35,430	$50,130	1.02	2.96
Training and Development Managers	90	$121,820	$126,810	0.23	0.75
Training and Development Specialists	1,180	$70,680	$75,710	2.99	1.02
Transportation Security Screeners	160	$61,110	$58,960	0.40	1.24
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	610	$100,610	$116,420	1.54	1.08
Travel Agents	160	$34,640	$44,980	0.40	1.13
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	80	$43,730	$46,360	0.20	0.57
Tutors	340	$31,910	$46,180	0.85	0.76
Upholsterers	30	$44,980	$44,100	0.09	0.66
Urban and Regional Planners	120	$74,840	$80,280	0.31	1.10
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	280	$30,410	$31,150	0.70	0.89
Veterinarians	330	$122,130	$124,830	0.83	1.54
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	350	$37,660	$38,280	0.89	1.10
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	560	$41,980	$45,410	1.43	1.72
Waiters and Waitresses	9,580	$19,340	$28,460	24.31	1.66
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	450	$51,790	$55,110	1.14	1.37
Web and Digital Interface Designers	90	$96,190	$114,940	0.24	0.33
Web Developers	70	$82,740	$84,230	0.18	0.40
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	130	$48,410	$56,870	0.34	0.99
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	830	$56,060	$56,590	2.12	0.79
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$66,570	$59,140	0.11	0.56
Woodworkers, All Other	—	$40,090	$42,290	—	—
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	70	$42,490	$43,990	0.19	0.47
Writers and Authors	130	$78,000	$67,880	0.33	1.06
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	130	$58,260	$63,700	0.34	2.92

Colleges in this area

14 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
American College of the Building Arts	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	155
Charleston Cosmetology Institute	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	100
Charleston School of Law	Private for-profit	4-year or above	692
Charleston Southern University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	3,832
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	Public	4-year or above	3,793
College of Charleston	Public	4-year or above	11,926
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	152
Medical University of South Carolina	Public	4-year or above	3,246
Miller-Motte College-Charleston	Private for-profit	2-year	9
Paul Mitchell the School-Charleston	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	264
Southeastern College-Charleston	Private for-profit	2-year	226
Top of the Line Barber College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	45
Trident Technical College	Public	2-year	13,552
Vski Cosmetology School	Private nonprofit	Less than 2-year	31

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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