Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

220 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4500005.

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
Cashiers	2,170
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,430
Retail Salespersons	1,400
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,370
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,330
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,100
Office Clerks, General	1,050
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	970
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	950
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	910
Waiters and Waitresses	860
Stockers and Order Fillers	820
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	790
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	790
Customer Service Representatives	740
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	710
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	700
Nursing Assistants	690
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	640

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
Logging Equipment Operators	28.21	200
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	14.45	300
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	12.44	250
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	12.16	250
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	6.93	100
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.46	260
Highway Maintenance Workers	4.21	220
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	3.71	180
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	3.44	210
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.25	160
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	3.11	190
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	3.04	790
Public Safety Telecommunicators	2.82	100
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	2.50	120
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.41	540
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.41	360
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	2.26	100
Postal Service Mail Carriers	2.15	240
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.10	130
Cashiers	2.09	2,170

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$252,510
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$156,000
Marketing Managers	$145,980
Pharmacists	$134,180
Nurse Practitioners	$128,380
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$125,680
Software Developers	$125,270
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$123,280
Administrative Services Managers	$121,640
Sales Managers	$115,120
Human Resources Managers	$114,120
Medical and Health Services Managers	$112,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$111,490
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$110,020
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,960
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$107,160
Construction Managers	$107,140
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$102,910
Financial and Investment Analysts	$101,760
Lawyers	$101,560

All 220 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	220	$68,070	0.45
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$121,640	0.68
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	130	$23,620	0.98
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$26,950	0.85
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$54,000	0.61
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	320	$45,400	1.35
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$19,190	0.49
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$37,660	0.90
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	500	$44,440	1.09
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	240	$24,400	1.79
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	120	$55,780	1.21
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	90	$75,360	0.25
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$36,730	1.36
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	110	$68,500	0.64
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	30	$37,600	1.23
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	40	$39,080	1.73
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$47,840	0.60
Cashiers `41-2011`	2,170	$26,490	2.09
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$71,610	0.89
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	120	$45,190	2.50
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	Not available	0.68
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	220	$52,050	1.65
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	190	$27,130	1.07
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	100	$77,460	0.83
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$78,850	0.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	60	$28,450	0.44
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$63,250	0.67
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	170	Not available	1.99
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$45,630	0.78
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$50,430	0.71
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$41,770	0.91
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	40	$94,920	0.29
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$81,760	0.30
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$47,710	0.52
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$111,490	0.21
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	380	$37,370	1.02
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$107,140	0.85
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$47,890	0.75
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	260	$24,360	1.21
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	360	$26,270	2.41
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	460	$31,490	0.97
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	240	$45,620	1.91
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$64,380	0.52
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$34,470	0.72
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	210	$36,630	3.44
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	740	$37,480	0.85
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	260	$46,510	4.46
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$46,100	0.55
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$81,120	0.59
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	70	$28,090	0.41
Dishwashers `35-9021`	150	$26,320	0.94
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$45,870	0.99
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	200	$22,430	1.42
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	180	$96,880	1.65
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	190	$102,910	3.11
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	250	$77,770	12.44
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	180	$59,980	1.50
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$101,080	0.56
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	80	$83,570	1.75
Electricians `47-2111`	120	$62,040	0.49
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	910	$58,720	1.94
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	110	$38,070	2.04
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	130	$40,930	2.10
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	70	$58,220	0.43
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	300	$58,080	14.45
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$110,020	0.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,370	$23,540	1.06
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$123,280	0.47
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$101,760	0.35
Firefighters `33-2011`	220	$45,270	1.87
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	250	$66,550	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	50	$51,990	5.45
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	30	$73,320	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	450	$34,210	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$43,940	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$57,480	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	250	$75,230	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$73,130	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	530	$59,750	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$39,880	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$72,600	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	390	$75,300	1.71
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	640	$44,460	1.69
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	180	$63,610	0.87
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	350	$27,620	1.16
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	30	$29,420	0.32
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	110	$58,900	1.43
Foresters `19-1032`	50	$89,800	13.43
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	30	$23,580	2.90
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	630	$98,090	0.54
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	60	$43,670	1.02
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$64,610	1.07
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$56,500	0.84
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,330	$51,670	1.92
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$33,280	0.98
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	90	$31,670	1.69
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	220	$48,800	4.21
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,310	$28,460	0.90
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$23,080	0.93
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$27,290	2.09
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$114,120	0.42
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$61,740	0.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	70	$54,630	2.68
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$100,410	0.73
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	210	$64,000	1.43
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	160	$125,680	1.97
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	790	$39,660	3.04
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	370	$55,600	1.84
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$61,710	0.58
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	130	$59,200	1.66
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$50,350	0.42
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$60,970	0.74
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	970	$28,110	1.31
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	40	$80,440	5.33
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$60,700	1.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,430	$36,460	1.44
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	360	$35,360	1.12
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	120	$29,710	1.78
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	$101,560	0.42
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$45,800	0.93
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$60,720	1.45
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$29,200	1.46
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	400	$60,310	1.81
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	200	$35,020	0.61
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$41,950	1.33
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$73,920	0.64
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	200	$47,520	28.21
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$73,270	0.57
Machinists `51-4041`	100	$57,980	1.06
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	410	$27,870	1.41
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	710	$44,990	1.38
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$82,200	0.23
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	30	$107,160	0.17
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$53,460	0.45
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$145,980	0.23
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	30	$95,640	0.34
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	180	$36,630	0.65
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$46,200	0.64
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	390	$37,040	1.21
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	220	$112,490	1.10
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$35,930	0.85
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	170	$60,780	0.83
Millwrights `49-9044`	50	$62,920	3.42
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	950	$39,990	2.02
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	50	$35,470	1.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$53,630	1.72
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	160	$55,590	3.25
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	60	$66,770	1.37
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$100,360	0.39
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$128,380	0.99
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	690	$35,900	1.42
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$99,570	0.90
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$95,680	0.73
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	30	$72,300	1.86
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,050	$33,860	1.27
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	220	$46,850	1.37
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	80	$35,190	0.65
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	120	$30,570	0.65
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	140	$47,060	1.03
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$61,960	1.26
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$29,560	1.77
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	Not available	0.38
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$134,180	1.04
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	220	$36,880	1.38
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$37,140	1.33
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$71,010	1.68
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$98,180	0.79
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$156,000	0.81
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$252,510	0.34
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$48,550	0.52
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	540	$46,940	2.41
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	70	$59,970	2.86
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	240	$52,900	2.15
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	70	$81,210	6.91
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	80	$28,360	0.49
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	90	$36,780	1.84
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	60	$40,950	0.71
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$58,380	1.02
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	190	$89,650	0.52
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$53,970	0.56
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	60	$53,150	0.58
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	100	$36,980	2.82
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$77,220	1.43
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	170	$33,020	0.56
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	70	$36,710	0.67
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	180	$24,220	3.71
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,100	$81,800	0.97
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	90	$34,740	2.92
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	80	$38,900	2.81
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$81,300	1.33
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,400	$29,120	1.07
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$115,120	0.67
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	210	$58,630	0.49
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	420	$59,720	1.01
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	100	$38,150	6.93
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	700	$61,030	1.95
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	790	$39,990	1.37
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$56,060	0.78
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$32,040	0.33
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	280	$41,810	1.02
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$24,000	0.92
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$65,050	0.90
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$41,260	0.89
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$125,270	0.09
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	120	$62,580	1.32
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$58,730	0.99
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$77,530	0.76
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	820	$33,850	0.87
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	220	$53,190	1.31
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	210	$21,360	1.21
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$61,210	0.83
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	590	$23,530	1.23
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$39,330	1.38
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$57,350	0.71
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	70	$107,960	0.96
Tutors `25-3041`	110	$33,220	1.90
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	860	$17,860	1.12
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	100	$49,810	2.26
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	220	$47,150	1.57
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	250	$48,670	12.16