BLS Releases 2025 South Carolina Job Data With 2.31 Million Jobs and $28.50 Average Hourly Wage
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Updated · dew.sc.gov · Jun 5
BLS Releases 2025 South Carolina Job Data With 2.31 Million Jobs and $28.50 Average Hourly Wage
3 articles · Updated · dew.sc.gov · Jun 5
Summary
2,305,080 jobs were counted in South Carolina in the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, with average pay at $28.50 an hour, or about $59,280 annually.
Management posted the highest broad-category wage at $62.02 an hour, while food preparation and serving jobs were lowest at $14.76; office support was the largest major group with 285,690 jobs.
Healthcare practitioners dominated the state's top pay rankings, filling all 20 highest-paid occupations; neurologists led at $170.31 an hour, and nurse anesthetists were the only top-20 role not typically requiring doctoral training plus residency.
Production showed the highest major-group concentration with a 1.41 location quotient, while the most specialized individual jobs were led by textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators at 9.80 and nuclear technicians at 7.79.
Those concentration patterns reflect South Carolina's remaining textile base and sizable nuclear sector, supported by the nation's third-highest atomic energy output and the Savannah River Site.