Skip to main content
County Paycheck

Highest Paying Jobs in South Carolina

Ranked by the average of the local median wages BLS publishes for South Carolina, among 48 occupations with at least 1,000 workers in the state.

Highest paying occupations in South Carolina
#OccupationAverage median wageWorkers in state
1Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,33912,140
2Financial Managers$156,04917,160
3Software Developers$132,43029,240
4General and Operations Managers$107,15048,550
5Computer Systems Analysts$103,74514,200
6Financial and Investment Analysts$101,9549,740
7Management Analysts$98,81518,080
8Project Management Specialists$97,91025,900
9Registered Nurses$86,60579,540
10Accountants and Auditors$84,85630,610
11First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,71022,160
12Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$75,09719,100
13Human Resources Specialists$72,17320,360
14Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$71,52416,010
15Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$67,27133,660
16First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,42435,560
17Insurance Sales Agents$62,12813,540
18Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,80724,430
19Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,20634,340
20Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$57,71131,920
21Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$53,26351,120
22Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,03921,130
23Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$49,07630,040
24Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,55337,970
25First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,93929,390

Highest-paying jobs in South Carolina

This ranking covers 48 occupations that employ at least 1,000 people in South Carolina. The figure used is the employment-weighted average of the local median wages published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, May 2025) for the state's wage areas. Computer and Information Systems Managers comes first at $169,339 a year; number 25 on the list, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, averages $47,939.

Each occupation links to its South Carolina page with the wage areas, the counties and what is left after taxes and living costs. Pay is only part of the picture, so compare it with local rents and taxes before choosing where to work.