Best jobs in South Carolina
The 25 best-scoring occupations in South Carolina, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to South Carolina (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How South Carolina pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$311,450 vs $289,140 · +7.7%
$50,490 vs $53,140 · -5.0%
$123,290 vs $132,300 · -6.8%
$352,680 vs $248,560 · +41.9%
$359,500 vs $256,560 · +40.1%
$341,960 vs $335,550 · +1.9%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 709 scored occupations — show all 709show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
125
$58,510
+3.1%
35
127
$44,880
-1.6%
34
141
$64,250
+0.3%
32
142
$111,190
+1.9%
32
203
$63,470
+3.7%
27
277
$49,550
+6.3%
23
312
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$46,210
+4.6%
21
368
$60,100
+2.3%
20
460
$51,620
+2.0%
17
521
$62,940
-13.7%
15
535
$49,040
+1.2%
15
576
$44,420
-12.1%
13
583
$45,270
-3.8%
13
594
$48,040
-12.0%
13
601
$52,040
-19.6%
12
605
$49,320
-4.3%
12
608
$49,490
-13.6%
12
625
$48,340
-14.4%
11
642
$43,380
-1.1%
11
652
$38,280
-9.0%
10
Live jobs in South Carolina
United States Army Installation Management CommandVerified from company ATS
Child and Youth Program Assistant CY-01/02
$18.70–$28.29/hr View job →
Air Combat CommandVerified from company ATS
CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAM ASSISTANT (TARGET LEVEL)
$18.70–$21.76/hr View job →
Department of War Education ActivityVerified from company ATS
Administrative Support Assistant
$40,736–$59,031/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.