Wages by Occupation in Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 77,040 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $39,830 for all occupations combined. 268 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	340	$73,340	$84,190	4.46	0.48
Administrative Services Managers	90	$122,200	$133,550	1.23	0.72
Agricultural Equipment Operators	30	$37,180	$35,410	0.44	2.40
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	310	$19,120	$21,990	4.09	1.60
Animal Caretakers	110	$29,630	$30,880	1.49	0.87
Architectural and Engineering Managers	40	$143,480	$152,390	0.49	0.35
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	30	$48,150	$52,290	0.43	0.45
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	420	$43,680	$47,350	5.42	1.20
Bakers	80	$32,240	$34,430	1.00	0.66
Bartenders	310	$17,810	$27,150	4.06	0.83
Bill and Account Collectors	110	$45,720	$45,630	1.40	1.37
Billing and Posting Clerks	140	$42,820	$45,620	1.85	0.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	650	$44,720	$45,440	8.42	0.95
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	100	$59,040	$56,700	1.29	0.69
Bus Drivers, School	370	$28,270	$28,590	4.85	1.87
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	190	$94,970	$104,520	2.49	0.36
Butchers and Meat Cutters	100	$36,500	$37,310	1.26	1.44
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	150	$67,990	$72,780	1.90	0.60
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$46,750	$37,410	1.32	1.81
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	70	$74,130	$73,390	0.86	1.20
Carpenters	220	$46,160	$53,440	2.88	0.67
Cashiers	2,890	$27,570	$26,830	37.46	1.89
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	50	$45,710	$50,320	0.58	0.44
Chefs and Head Cooks	100	$72,370	$73,230	1.29	1.00
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	190	$53,750	$54,930	2.46	2.74
Chief Executives	50	$163,910	$244,290	0.69	0.53
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	240	$52,130	$55,540	3.16	1.25
Childcare Workers	290	$27,660	$27,470	3.75	1.12
Civil Engineers	90	$90,470	$91,490	1.22	0.51
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	30	$91,170	$88,300	0.44	0.21
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	110	$31,550	$33,540	1.38	0.56
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	80	$51,810	$53,700	1.03	0.48
Coaches and Scouts	—	$17,650	$22,820	—	—
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$46,170	$45,040	1.64	1.60
Community Health Workers	40	$43,470	$44,780	0.49	1.23
Compliance Officers	180	$69,280	$67,480	2.37	0.88
Computer and Information Systems Managers	50	$130,620	$139,190	0.70	0.16
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	50	$60,460	$56,000	0.66	0.61
Computer Occupations, All Other	40	$97,160	$101,540	0.46	0.16
Computer Systems Analysts	90	$89,290	$93,750	1.15	0.34
Computer User Support Specialists	150	$51,390	$59,900	1.92	0.42
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$49,070	$50,290	0.80	0.85
Construction Laborers	420	$39,160	$43,000	5.43	0.77
Construction Managers	100	$99,100	$115,100	1.36	0.55
Cooks, Fast Food	360	$24,340	$26,940	4.66	1.13
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	440	$26,750	$27,010	5.69	2.01
Cooks, Restaurant	940	$34,880	$34,110	12.23	1.35
Cooks, Short Order	90	$23,260	$23,520	1.19	1.33
Correctional Officers and Jailers	640	$49,810	$53,980	8.31	3.40
Cost Estimators	60	$66,560	$68,060	0.73	0.50
Counter and Rental Clerks	140	$34,070	$36,210	1.84	0.71
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	230	$35,330	$37,480	3.03	2.62
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	30	$27,080	$32,750	0.43	5.50
Customer Service Representatives	1,110	$35,540	$38,800	14.40	0.86
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$50,780	$46,430	0.89	3.09
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$49,480	$49,420	2.34	2.13
Data Entry Keyers	50	$38,250	$39,830	0.70	0.85
Data Scientists	60	$114,300	$116,320	0.80	0.48
Dental Assistants	130	$44,460	$45,430	1.75	0.70
Dental Hygienists	100	$75,350	$72,250	1.26	0.88
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	40	$49,910	$51,270	0.55	0.74
Dietitians and Nutritionists	30	$63,330	$63,050	0.39	0.78
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	210	$22,780	$24,140	2.68	0.77
Dishwashers	270	$28,390	$28,560	3.45	1.12
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	80	$45,020	$47,400	1.06	0.81
Driver/Sales Workers	220	$21,630	$27,840	2.82	1.07
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	260	$98,190	$97,950	3.35	1.59
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	160	$61,040	$62,240	2.12	0.93
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$76,170	$76,950	0.74	1.21
Electrical Engineers	30	$102,470	$106,930	0.43	0.34
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	130	$79,570	$77,320	1.70	2.02
Electricians	210	$58,390	$59,520	2.67	0.55
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,510	$60,750	$58,680	19.65	2.20
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	130	$35,770	$38,960	1.69	1.70
Emergency Medical Technicians	180	$37,920	$39,760	2.37	2.04
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	40	$48,120	$46,900	0.51	2.27
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	40	$51,490	$53,650	0.58	2.62
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	100	$57,450	$61,020	1.33	0.45
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$44,280	$45,030	0.63	1.62
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$48,110	$45,810	0.63	1.67
Facilities Managers	50	$114,260	$114,890	0.68	0.68
Family Medicine Physicians	60	$419,010	$352,560	0.82	1.18
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$49,440	$51,340	0.48	1.97
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$36,760	$39,610	0.53	0.31
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,200	$24,080	$25,670	28.57	1.15
File Clerks	40	$34,680	$35,980	0.48	1.02
Financial and Investment Analysts	50	$85,360	$92,880	0.67	0.29
Financial Managers	200	$128,780	$148,670	2.65	0.49
Firefighters	370	$37,590	$37,840	4.80	2.16
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	290	$70,060	$74,200	3.73	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	50	$85,380	$80,010	0.59	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	50	$42,440	$47,070	0.71	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	50	$52,370	$58,720	0.70	3.88
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	110	$58,820	$61,440	1.40	2.19
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	730	$37,050	$41,580	9.42	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	90	$47,800	$49,000	1.11	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	90	$59,280	$59,400	1.23	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	380	$70,440	$74,370	4.97	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	80	$71,830	$86,560	1.01	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	780	$59,100	$63,170	10.07	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	90	$39,230	$41,730	1.12	1.53
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	100	$63,610	$67,370	1.32	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	710	$75,850	$77,090	9.22	2.13
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	890	$38,430	$43,380	11.61	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	260	$72,370	$69,480	3.36	0.84
Food Batchmakers	60	$33,380	$36,530	0.72	0.64
Food Preparation Workers	420	$28,670	$29,980	5.46	0.95
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	90	$29,260	$29,360	1.17	0.62
Food Service Managers	170	$62,210	$71,720	2.18	1.42
Funeral Attendants	70	$27,710	$29,120	0.96	4.78
General and Operations Managers	880	$98,120	$115,470	11.47	0.51
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$47,160	$47,540	4.11	9.54
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	140	$39,690	$40,870	1.85	1.58
Healthcare Social Workers	90	$60,750	$62,040	1.11	0.92
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	190	$49,610	$52,270	2.48	0.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,370	$49,970	$52,960	17.75	1.34
Helpers--Electricians	40	$37,650	$37,350	0.48	1.16
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	80	$45,960	$40,520	1.05	1.71
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	40	$37,350	$38,570	0.48	1.68
Helpers--Production Workers	70	$31,020	$30,410	0.91	0.86
Highway Maintenance Workers	290	$48,950	$49,200	3.71	3.72
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,650	$28,310	$27,460	34.42	1.24
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	280	$23,080	$24,780	3.59	1.29
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	180	$27,450	$27,670	2.40	1.42
Human Resources Managers	60	$116,070	$122,600	0.75	0.53
Human Resources Specialists	330	$62,400	$69,810	4.23	0.72
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$61,790	$64,250	0.75	1.55
Industrial Engineers	200	$97,510	$95,810	2.64	1.12
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	460	$60,890	$60,350	5.91	2.09
Industrial Production Managers	240	$122,960	$124,940	3.10	1.95
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,250	$45,210	$48,420	16.27	3.27
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	640	$44,890	$45,090	8.29	2.16
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	30	$46,750	$52,330	0.42	0.37
Instructional Coordinators	150	$63,490	$58,330	1.91	1.30
Insurance Sales Agents	190	$49,280	$76,560	2.45	0.79
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,160	$30,040	$31,500	15.07	1.06
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$62,310	$72,260	0.84	5.41
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	70	$60,700	$57,870	0.87	1.24
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,060	$39,100	$38,330	26.73	1.41
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	590	$35,080	$34,520	7.69	1.25
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	160	$28,030	$28,570	2.11	1.66
Lawyers	200	$102,790	$134,000	2.60	0.54
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	80	$45,920	$46,090	1.00	0.99
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	100	$61,150	$56,470	1.27	1.47
Library Assistants, Clerical	70	$26,130	$27,560	0.97	1.77
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	490	$61,640	$62,470	6.34	1.52
Light Truck Drivers	180	$37,440	$36,590	2.31	0.37
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	100	$46,880	$41,690	1.28	1.21
Loan Officers	260	$58,900	$68,860	3.33	1.89
Lodging Managers	40	$55,750	$71,000	0.49	1.80
Logging Equipment Operators	200	$45,850	$46,840	2.62	19.33
Logisticians	80	$66,090	$72,740	1.06	0.66
Machinists	190	$60,320	$60,570	2.49	1.35
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	480	$28,190	$27,960	6.21	1.12
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,050	$46,670	$48,390	13.69	1.39
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	40	$57,000	$58,720	0.54	1.39
Management Analysts	90	$75,880	$85,700	1.23	0.21
Managers, All Other	40	$125,400	$131,540	0.52	0.13
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	170	$63,150	$75,470	2.15	0.37
Marketing Managers	60	$132,980	$150,500	0.72	0.28
Massage Therapists	40	$57,800	$53,250	0.50	0.79
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$76,240	$86,210	0.56	2.42
Mechanical Engineers	100	$82,550	$89,880	1.34	0.70
Medical and Health Services Managers	300	$98,250	$112,160	3.89	1.01
Medical Assistants	380	$37,580	$39,490	4.89	0.93
Medical Records Specialists	90	$50,200	$54,800	1.21	0.97
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	470	$37,470	$39,990	6.13	0.99
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	60	$35,050	$33,970	0.75	0.71
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	290	$58,960	$57,140	3.77	0.95
Millwrights	60	$58,780	$56,050	0.77	2.95
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	990	$39,000	$38,400	12.90	1.43
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$46,580	$45,670	1.31	2.15
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	110	$52,100	$53,210	1.45	1.28
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$45,740	$47,310	4.36	5.45
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	50	$85,680	$97,040	0.69	0.34
Nurse Practitioners	180	$123,780	$120,550	2.29	1.10
Nursing Assistants	960	$35,790	$35,480	12.45	1.34
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	70	$77,140	$85,920	0.89	0.99
Occupational Therapists	40	$98,320	$92,080	0.52	0.49
Office Clerks, General	1,400	$34,760	$35,740	18.13	1.14
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	390	$48,160	$48,950	5.08	1.65
Order Clerks	50	$35,960	$35,790	0.71	1.47
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	40	$47,100	$48,990	0.56	2.43
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	310	$38,980	$39,590	4.04	1.66
Packers and Packagers, Hand	450	$30,310	$31,340	5.88	1.63
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	40	$38,700	$39,410	0.54	0.37
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	260	$61,680	$64,460	3.40	5.50
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	170	$46,690	$47,750	2.26	0.89
Paramedics	140	$52,280	$54,240	1.78	2.75
Parts Salespersons	290	$29,120	$33,840	3.76	2.16
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	50	$49,660	$49,090	0.62	0.63
Pest Control Workers	50	$42,890	$42,290	0.66	1.00
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	60	$37,130	$37,490	0.73	4.18
Pharmacists	170	$131,100	$133,010	2.19	1.06
Pharmacy Technicians	310	$37,050	$40,850	4.04	1.33
Phlebotomists	70	$37,650	$37,900	0.93	1.00
Physical Therapist Assistants	50	$70,950	$64,960	0.71	0.98
Physical Therapists	80	$100,330	$96,220	1.07	0.62
Physician Assistants	70	$116,060	$121,710	0.89	0.86
Physicians, All Other	100	$350,420	$318,830	1.24	0.56
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	180	$47,210	$50,970	2.38	0.80
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	700	$48,140	$47,350	9.06	2.10
Postal Service Clerks	80	$59,970	$60,380	1.08	2.27
Postal Service Mail Carriers	320	$55,020	$58,900	4.09	1.93
Power Plant Operators	70	$74,660	$74,400	0.86	4.54
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	180	$31,870	$34,940	2.34	0.76
Printing Press Operators	90	$39,100	$44,180	1.14	1.23
Production Workers, All Other	60	$44,450	$41,750	0.83	0.51
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	240	$50,770	$57,500	3.09	1.23
Project Management Specialists	200	$82,840	$90,770	2.56	0.37
Property Appraisers and Assessors	90	$46,250	$53,060	1.18	3.22
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	140	$50,500	$71,120	1.80	0.90
Public Relations Specialists	40	$60,180	$64,530	0.57	0.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators	120	$35,110	$36,060	1.52	2.30
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	60	$73,910	$69,710	0.82	0.55
Receptionists and Information Clerks	300	$34,460	$33,940	3.87	0.66
Recreation Workers	160	$37,820	$41,230	2.02	0.95
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	180	$28,650	$30,820	2.35	2.48
Registered Nurses	1,060	$79,500	$79,190	13.82	0.64
Rehabilitation Counselors	100	$34,640	$36,990	1.32	2.16
Residential Advisors	—	$35,220	$37,320	—	—
Respiratory Therapists	50	$76,030	$75,000	0.68	0.76
Retail Salespersons	1,730	$28,950	$31,800	22.50	0.90
Sales Managers	180	$116,980	$127,620	2.38	0.58
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	240	$46,930	$60,940	3.16	0.39
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	480	$63,570	$75,030	6.21	0.78
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	40	$83,880	$96,800	0.50	0.28
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	50	$37,240	$37,790	0.63	2.40
School Bus Monitors	—	$17,490	$20,640	—	—
School Psychologists	50	$65,180	$65,950	0.64	1.54
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	630	$61,010	$61,950	8.21	1.20
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,040	$38,480	$40,890	13.45	1.23
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	230	$48,770	$72,940	3.04	0.96
Security Guards	130	$30,010	$33,650	1.69	0.20
Sewing Machine Operators	230	$30,360	$30,170	2.98	4.42
Sheet Metal Workers	30	$49,920	$51,410	0.42	0.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	520	$47,500	$46,480	6.72	1.28
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	70	$25,020	$25,990	0.93	0.58
Skincare Specialists	40	$38,970	$45,870	0.48	1.04
Social and Community Service Managers	120	$61,080	$67,980	1.49	1.11
Social and Human Service Assistants	150	$37,650	$40,110	1.97	0.70
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	30	$84,090	$85,830	0.44	1.85
Software Developers	120	$124,090	$134,060	1.53	0.14
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	50	$63,360	$62,910	0.62	0.37
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	110	$60,220	$63,560	1.49	1.41
Speech-Language Pathologists	80	$76,470	$83,030	1.01	0.85
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,640	$35,930	$41,490	21.29	1.17
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	50	$45,300	$47,670	0.60	1.77
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	260	$51,490	$53,100	3.40	1.07
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	190	$27,710	$34,370	2.45	0.73
Surgical Technologists	100	$36,660	$43,970	1.33	1.76
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	30	$93,040	$86,780	0.43	0.59
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	740	$23,770	$26,390	9.64	1.06
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	50	$59,500	$66,300	0.68	0.75
Tellers	240	$38,340	$39,080	3.14	1.48
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$27,420	$28,940	0.51	8.73
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$36,980	$40,350	1.75	12.32
Tire Repairers and Changers	130	$35,040	$33,330	1.68	2.40
Training and Development Specialists	160	$52,480	$57,360	2.08	0.71
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	90	$101,030	$109,140	1.16	0.81
Tutors	40	$20,950	$34,150	0.46	0.41
Veterinarians	40	$113,080	$120,550	0.55	1.02
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	90	$37,230	$40,710	1.18	1.42
Waiters and Waitresses	1,670	$17,700	$22,210	21.68	1.48
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	100	$46,710	$46,830	1.30	1.58
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	60	$46,810	$47,740	0.73	2.13
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	490	$50,910	$50,110	6.33	2.36
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	90	$41,620	$39,410	1.23	3.11

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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