JobAfterNext

Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

271 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4500007.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Family Medicine Physicians$419,010
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$350,420
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$163,910
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$143,480
Marketing Managers$132,980
Pharmacists$131,100
Computer and Information Systems Managers$130,620
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$128,780
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$125,400
Software Developers$124,090
Nurse Practitioners$123,780
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$122,960
Administrative Services Managers$122,200
Sales Managers$116,980
Human Resources Managers$116,070
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$116,060
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations)$114,300
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$114,260
Veterinarians$113,080
Lawyers$102,790
All 271 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011340$73,3400.48
Administrative Services Managers 11-301290$122,2000.72
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209130$37,1802.40
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091310$19,1201.60
Animal Caretakers 39-2021110$29,6300.87
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904140$143,4800.35
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302130$48,1500.45
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023420$43,6801.20
Bakers 51-301180$32,2400.66
Bartenders 35-3011310$17,8100.83
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011110$45,7201.37
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021140$42,8200.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031650$44,7200.95
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051370$28,2701.87
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031100$59,0400.69
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199190$94,9700.36
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$36,5001.44
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020150$67,9900.60
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194100$46,7501.81
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203270$74,1301.20
Carpenters 47-2031220$46,1600.67
Cashiers 41-20112,890$27,5701.89
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205150$45,7100.44
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011100$72,3701.00
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011190$53,7502.74
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101150$163,9100.53
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021240$52,1301.25
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011290$27,6601.12
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205190$90,4700.51
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103130$91,1700.21
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061110$31,5500.56
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201080$51,8100.48
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022Not available$17,650
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124130$46,1701.60
Community Health Workers 21-109440$43,4701.23
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041180$69,2800.88
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916150$60,4600.61
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129940$97,1600.16
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121190$89,2900.34
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232150$51,3900.42
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302150$130,6200.16
Construction Laborers 47-2061420$39,1600.77
Construction Managers 11-9021100$99,1000.55
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$49,0700.85
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011360$24,3401.13
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012440$26,7502.01
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014940$34,8801.35
Cooks, Short Order 35-201590$23,2601.33
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012640$49,8103.40
Cost Estimators 13-105160$66,5600.50
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021140$34,0700.71
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031230$35,3302.62
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks 43-404130$27,0805.50
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,110$35,5400.86
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903270$50,7803.09
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031180$49,4802.13
Data Entry Keyers 43-902150$38,2500.85
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205160$114,3000.48
Dental Assistants 31-9091130$44,4600.70
Dental Hygienists 29-1292100$75,3500.88
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$49,9100.74
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103130$63,3300.78
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011210$22,7800.77
Dishwashers 35-9021270$28,3901.12
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$45,0200.81
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031220$21,6301.07
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032260$98,1901.59
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012160$61,0400.93
Electrical Engineers 17-207130$102,4700.34
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051130$79,5702.02
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302360$76,1701.21
Electricians 47-2111210$58,3900.55
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,510$60,7502.20
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061130$35,7701.70
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042180$37,9202.04
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404240$48,1202.27
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502240$51,4902.62
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011100$57,4500.45
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-402150$44,2801.62
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904150$48,1101.67
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$114,2600.68
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121560$419,0101.18
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304140$49,4401.97
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209240$36,7600.31
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,200$24,0801.15
File Clerks 43-407140$34,6801.02
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031200$128,7800.49
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205150$85,3600.29
Firefighters 33-2011370$37,5902.16
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011290$70,0600.71
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101150$85,3801.72
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101450$42,4401.07
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-101150$52,3703.88
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-1021110$58,8202.19
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012730$37,0501.20
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101190$47,8000.96
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101290$59,2801.46
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011380$70,4401.25
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101280$71,8300.73
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011780$59,1001.09
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102290$39,2301.53
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012100$63,6101.33
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011710$75,8502.13
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011890$38,4301.61
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047260$72,3700.84
Food Batchmakers 51-309260$33,3800.64
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021420$28,6700.95
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304190$29,2600.62
Food Service Managers 11-9051170$62,2101.42
Funeral Attendants 39-402170$27,7104.78
General and Operations Managers 11-1021880$98,1200.51
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4033320$47,1609.54
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099140$39,6901.58
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102290$60,7500.92
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021190$49,6100.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,370$49,9701.34
Helpers--Electricians 47-301340$37,6501.16
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909880$45,9601.71
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301540$37,3501.68
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919870$31,0200.86
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051290$48,9503.72
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,650$28,3101.24
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031280$23,0801.29
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081180$27,4501.42
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$116,0700.53
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071330$62,4000.72
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302660$61,7901.55
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112200$97,5101.12
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041460$60,8902.09
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051240$122,9601.95
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-70511,250$45,2103.27
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061640$44,8902.16
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909930$46,7500.37
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031150$63,4901.30
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021190$49,2800.79
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,160$30,0401.06
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102360$62,3105.41
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201270$60,7001.24
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,060$39,1001.41
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011590$35,0801.25
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011160$28,0301.66
Lawyers 23-1011200$102,7900.54
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601280$45,9200.99
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022100$61,1501.47
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170$26,1301.77
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061490$61,6401.52
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033180$37,4400.37
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131100$46,8801.21
Loan Officers 13-2072260$58,9001.89
Lodging Managers 11-908140$55,7501.80
Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022200$45,85019.33
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108180$66,0900.66
Machinists 51-4041190$60,3201.35
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012480$28,1901.12
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904340$57,0001.39
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,050$46,6701.39
Management Analysts 13-111190$75,8800.21
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919940$125,4000.13
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161170$63,1500.37
Marketing Managers 11-202160$132,9800.28
Massage Therapists 31-901140$57,8000.79
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302740$76,2402.42
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141100$82,5500.70
Medical Assistants 31-9092380$37,5800.93
Medical Records Specialists 29-207290$50,2000.97
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013470$37,4700.99
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111300$98,2501.01
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102660$35,0500.71
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022290$58,9600.95
Millwrights 49-904460$58,7802.95
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090990$39,0001.43
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023100$46,5802.15
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042110$52,1001.28
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081340$45,7405.45
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124450$85,6800.34
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171180$123,7801.10
Nursing Assistants 31-1131960$35,7901.34
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$77,1400.99
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112240$98,3200.49
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,400$34,7601.14
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073390$48,1601.65
Order Clerks 43-415150$35,9601.47
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305340$47,1002.43
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111310$38,9801.66
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064450$30,3101.63
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214140$38,7000.37
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196260$61,6805.50
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011170$46,6900.89
Paramedics 29-2043140$52,2802.75
Parts Salespersons 41-2022290$29,1202.16
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$49,6600.63
Pest Control Workers 37-202150$42,8901.00
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301260$37,1304.18
Pharmacists 29-1051170$131,1001.06
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052310$37,0501.33
Phlebotomists 31-909770$37,6501.00
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$70,9500.98
Physical Therapists 29-112380$100,3300.62
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107170$116,0600.86
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229100$350,4200.56
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152180$47,2100.80
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051700$48,1402.10
Postal Service Clerks 43-505180$59,9702.27
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052320$55,0201.93
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) 51-801370$74,6604.54
Prepress Technicians and Workers 51-511140Not available3.81
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011180$31,8700.76
Printing Press Operators 51-511290$39,1001.23
Production Workers, All Other 51-919960$44,4500.51
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061240$50,7701.23
Project Management Specialists 13-1082200$82,8400.37
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202090$46,2503.22
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141140$50,5000.90
Public Relations Specialists 27-303140$60,1800.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031120$35,1102.30
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-203460$73,9100.55
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171300$34,4600.66
Recreation Workers 39-9032160$37,8200.95
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081180$28,6502.48
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,060$79,5000.64
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015100$34,6402.16
Residential Advisors 39-9041Not available$35,220
Respiratory Therapists 29-112650$76,0300.76
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,730$28,9500.90
Sales Managers 11-2022180$116,9800.58
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091240$46,9300.39
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012480$63,5700.78
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401140$83,8800.28
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704150$37,2402.40
School Bus Monitors 33-9094Not available$17,490
School Psychologists 19-303450$65,1801.54
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031630$61,0101.20
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,040$38,4801.23
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031230$48,7700.96
Security Guards 33-9032130$30,0100.20
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031230$30,3604.42
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221130$49,9200.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071520$47,5001.28
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305370$25,0200.58
Skincare Specialists 39-509440$38,9701.04
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 19-309930$84,0901.85
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151120$61,0801.11
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093150$37,6500.70
Software Developers 15-1252120$124,0900.14
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125330Not available0.35
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205250$63,3600.37
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058110$60,2201.41
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112780$76,4700.85
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,640$35,9301.17
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204150$45,3001.77
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018260$51,4901.07
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031190$27,7100.73
Surgical Technologists 29-2055100$36,6601.76
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309930$93,0400.59
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045740$23,7701.06
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202250$59,5000.75
Tellers 43-3071240$38,3401.48
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-606240$27,4208.73
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6063130Not available20.35
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6064130$36,98012.32
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093130$35,0402.40
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151160$52,4800.71
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307190$101,0300.81
Tutors 25-304140$20,9500.41
Veterinarians 29-113140$113,0801.02
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205690$37,2301.42
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,670$17,7001.48
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031100$46,7101.58
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511160$46,8102.13
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121490$50,9102.36
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-704290$41,6203.11