Sumter, SC

170 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 44940.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,060
Retail Salespersons	1,010
Customer Service Representatives	990
Cashiers	910
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	890
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	880
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	720
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	670
Office Clerks, General	620
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	580
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	550
Stockers and Order Fillers	520
Waiters and Waitresses	490
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	480
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	470
Nursing Assistants	470
General and Operations Managers	420
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	410
Construction Laborers	390
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	350

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	4.23	110
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	3.09	100
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.81	880
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	2.63	110
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.61	300
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.30	340
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.05	270
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.03	220
Cooks, Fast Food	1.98	280
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.94	350
Postal Service Mail Carriers	1.90	140
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1.79	170
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	1.72	140
Customer Service Representatives	1.71	990
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1.62	550
Driver/Sales Workers	1.61	150
Construction Laborers	1.60	390
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.56	150
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	1.54	130
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1.53	470

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$137,690
Marketing Managers	$133,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,450
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$129,960
Pharmacists	$129,820
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$128,400
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$127,350
Sales Managers	$124,810
Software Developers	$121,880
Construction Managers	$117,490
Nurse Practitioners	$112,080
Administrative Services Managers	$106,480
Lawyers	$101,900
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$101,430
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$101,010
Physical Therapists	$100,520
General and Operations Managers	$99,850
Medical and Health Services Managers	$99,830
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$98,490
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$96,890

All 170 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	150	$78,460	0.47
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$106,480	0.63
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$21,960	0.79
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$27,180	1.32
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$133,450	0.73
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	190	$46,500	1.18
Bartenders `35-3011`	100	$18,040	0.62
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$41,760	0.93
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	280	$43,810	0.93
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	40	$57,000	0.69
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	270	$88,710	1.10
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$79,030	0.95
Carpenters `47-2031`	70	$45,700	0.48
Cashiers `41-2011`	910	$26,710	1.33
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$65,020	0.72
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	100	$44,530	3.09
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	110	$50,230	1.26
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	300	$27,660	2.61
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$94,110	0.43
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$75,160	0.56
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$39,500	1.43
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	30	$60,380	0.46
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	30	$34,510	0.59
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	60	$37,470	1.59
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$73,320	0.62
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$96,890	0.65
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$95,870	0.50
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$47,080	0.50
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$137,690	0.28
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	390	$38,650	1.60
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$117,490	1.04
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	280	$23,980	1.98
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	150	$28,880	1.56
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	290	$31,370	0.93
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$63,450	0.95
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$30,910	0.79
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$38,780	1.63
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	990	$39,100	1.71
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	Not available	0.85
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$45,500	1.40
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$81,150	1.20
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$56,500	1.72
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	50	$22,260	0.45
Dishwashers `35-9021`	70	$26,740	0.70
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	150	$20,820	1.61
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$92,920	1.28
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	30	$48,710	2.08
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$59,270	1.30
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$94,440	1.25
Electricians `47-2111`	90	$56,200	0.52
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	470	$57,650	1.53
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$38,070	1.04
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$37,630	1.46
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$57,460	0.36
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$28,510	0.75
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,060	$24,510	1.23
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	90	$128,400	0.49
Firefighters `33-2011`	90	$43,890	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	350	$78,290	1.94
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$60,620	1.79
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	290	$36,450	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$47,660	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$79,540	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	30	$65,710	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	320	$58,590	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$39,270	1.94
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	340	$72,690	2.30
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	330	$43,540	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	70	$59,770	0.53
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	140	$28,230	0.71
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$62,750	1.49
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	420	$99,850	0.55
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$28,780	0.91
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	110	$40,230	2.63
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$65,850	1.07
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	110	$49,880	1.25
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	480	$46,500	1.04
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	30	$38,930	2.18
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	50	$36,450	5.24
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$48,950	1.31
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	890	$28,030	0.93
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	80	$23,350	0.79
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$23,790	1.32
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$69,990	0.81
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$62,290	3.67
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	140	$101,430	1.72
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	110	$60,820	1.14
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$127,350	1.53
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	150	$37,480	0.88
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	50	$52,440	1.73
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	270	$49,250	2.05
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$68,740	0.74
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$66,370	0.85
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	580	$30,640	1.19
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	720	$36,090	1.10
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	180	$34,420	0.83
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$28,920	1.58
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$101,900	0.41
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$59,520	1.30
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	160	$62,640	1.12
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	150	$37,750	0.67
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$40,740	0.99
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	70	$93,640	1.20
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$49,480	1.47
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	180	$27,720	0.93
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	550	$47,340	1.62
Management Analysts `13-1111`	140	$95,150	0.70
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	50	$129,960	0.39
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$54,980	0.49
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$133,720	0.37
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$101,010	0.65
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	170	$40,780	0.93
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	190	$39,380	0.88
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	110	$99,830	0.83
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	190	$57,430	1.38
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	880	$39,040	2.81
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$57,660	1.16
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	50	$34,790	1.96
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$81,360	0.82
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$112,080	1.14
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	470	$35,860	1.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$98,490	1.43
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	620	$35,260	1.13
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	220	$50,340	2.03
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	110	$29,100	0.88
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$38,400	1.70
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$46,750	0.98
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	70	$29,720	1.13
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$129,820	1.08
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	130	$38,820	1.22
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$100,520	0.81
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$50,840	0.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	210	$54,940	1.42
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$52,520	1.90
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$50,270	1.54
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	170	$87,730	0.71
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	Not available	0.45
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	180	$31,060	0.88
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	Not available	$29,970
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$48,160	1.23
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	670	$86,260	0.89
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$31,020	2.49
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,010	$28,720	1.17
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$124,810	0.59
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$47,140	0.71
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	170	$61,890	0.63
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	310	$60,110	1.31
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	410	$40,210	1.07
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$47,020	0.71
Security Guards `33-9032`	90	$34,660	0.31
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$46,140	0.83
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	160	$35,510	0.90
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$27,240	0.68
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	40	Not available	5.11
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$61,990	0.87
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$36,800	0.89
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$121,880	0.15
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	520	$30,990	0.82
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$49,030	1.13
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	60	$22,050	0.52
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	Not available	1.50
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	70	$30,410	4.07
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	110	$60,220	4.23
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	280	$26,180	0.88
Tellers `43-3071`	100	$37,090	1.42
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$34,430	2.05
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	80	$56,930	0.80
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	490	$17,440	0.96
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$45,930	1.72
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	170	$44,540	1.79