Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 217 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$252,510	$121.40	40
2	Physician Assistants	$156,000	$75.00	40
3	Marketing Managers	$145,980	$70.18	30
4	Pharmacists	$134,180	$64.51	110
5	Nurse Practitioners	$128,380	$61.72	110
6	Industrial Production Managers	$125,680	$60.42	160
7	Software Developers	$125,270	$60.23	50
8	Financial Managers	$123,280	$59.27	130
9	Administrative Services Managers	$121,640	$58.48	60
10	Sales Managers	$115,120	$55.35	140
11	Human Resources Managers	$114,120	$54.87	30
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$112,490	$54.08	220
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$111,490	$53.60	50
14	Facilities Managers	$110,020	$52.90	40
15	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$107,960	$51.91	70
16	Managers, All Other	$107,160	$51.52	30
17	Construction Managers	$107,140	$51.51	110
18	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$102,910	$49.48	190
19	Financial and Investment Analysts	$101,760	$48.92	40
20	Lawyers	$101,560	$48.83	110
21	Electrical Engineers	$101,080	$48.60	40
22	Industrial Engineers	$100,410	$48.27	90
23	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$100,360	$48.25	40
24	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$99,570	$47.87	40
25	Physical Therapists	$98,180	$47.20	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.