Recreation Workers · SOC 39-9032
Recreation Workers Salary in the South Carolina
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Carolina
Figures describe the state of South Carolina as a whole.
Recreation Workers in the South Carolina earned a median of $31,420 per year ($15.10 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,050 at the 10th percentile to $48,230 at the 90th. BLS estimates 5,270 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Recreation Workers in the South Carolina earn more than $31,420 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $26,790 and $38,710.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,050 | $26,790 | $31,420 | $38,710 | $48,230 |
| Hourly | $10.12 | $12.88 | $15.10 | $18.61 | $23.19 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- South Carolina$31,420 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $26,790 to $38,710
- United Statesnational$36,560 median for United States; middle half earns $31,780 to $43,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in South Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for recreation workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- South Carolinathis page$31,420 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $26,790 to $38,710
- $36,550 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $30,210 to $45,760
- $35,790 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $28,560 to $46,710
- $33,250 median for Florence metro area; middle half earns $28,600 to $41,490
- $31,030 median for Myrtle Beach metro area; middle half earns $26,500 to $35,100
- $30,200 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $24,580 to $35,610
- $30,140 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $26,170 to $39,540
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for recreation workerss · Highest-paying occupations in South Carolina
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.