Spartanburg, SC metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Spartanburg Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Spartanburg, SC metro area

Figures describe the Spartanburg, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Spartanburg city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (8 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 353 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$284,250	$136.66	50
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$241,070	$115.90	50
3	Chief Executives	$197,540	$94.97	100
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$158,660	$76.28	250
5	Natural Sciences Managers	$156,110	$75.05	30
6	Pharmacists	$153,610	$73.85	480
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$148,510	$71.40	170
8	Dentists, General	$140,360	$67.48	100
9	Marketing Managers	$139,990	$67.30	220
10	Financial Managers	$139,230	$66.94	500
11	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$138,750	$66.71	210
12	Purchasing Managers	$134,370	$64.60	60
13	Physicians, All Other	$131,460	$63.20	220
14	Industrial Production Managers	$131,250	$63.10	700
15	Sales Managers	$130,870	$62.92	560
16	Database Architects	$128,290	$61.68	60
17	Administrative Services Managers	$127,770	$61.43	190
18	Human Resources Managers	$127,570	$61.33	160
19	Computer Network Architects	$126,310	$60.73	60
20	Managers, All Other	$124,480	$59.85	100
21	Facilities Managers	$124,290	$59.75	120
22	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$122,990	$59.13	50
23	Chemists	$122,350	$58.82	90
24	Training and Development Managers	$122,030	$58.67	50
25	Physician Assistants	$121,990	$58.65	80

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Spartanburg metro 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.