Florence, SC

Across all occupations in the Florence, SC metropolitan area, the median wage is $43,520 a year ($20.93 an hour) and the mean $55,860, May 2025. That median is −15% against the US median of $50,980 and −6% against South Carolina's $46,490. BLS counts 89,060 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is general internal medicine physicians; the largest is registered nurses.

All occupations: Florence, SC vs South Carolina and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Florence, SC area, South Carolina and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Florence, SC	Hourly	$11.62	$15.00	$20.93	$30.36	$46.89	$26.86	89,060
Florence, SC	Annual	$24,170	$31,190	$43,520	$63,160	$97,540	$55,860	89,060
South Carolina	Hourly	$13.01	$16.65	$22.35	$33.82	$49.52	$28.50	2,305,080
South Carolina	Annual	$27,070	$34,630	$46,490	$70,340	$103,010	$59,280	2,305,080
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

285 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: South Carolina. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Florence, SC

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$348,250	$167.43	50
2	Physicians, All Other	$282,920	$136.02	370
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$257,170	$123.64	30
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$173,110	$83.23	80
5	Chief Executives	$160,660	$77.24	60
6	Pharmacists	$155,020	$74.53	320
7	Marketing Managers	$154,620	$74.34	80
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers in South Carolina	$138,120	$66.40	140
9	Dentists, General	$137,260	$65.99	60
10	Human Resources Managers	$136,400	$65.58	100
11	Financial Managers in South Carolina	$134,650	$64.74	300
12	Surgical Assistants	$133,380	$64.13	200
13	Industrial Production Managers	$126,630	$60.88	290
14	Managers, All Other in South Carolina	$124,810	$60.01	80
15	Purchasing Managers	$123,920	$59.58	30
16	Administrative Services Managers	$123,460	$59.36	100
17	Sales Managers in South Carolina	$121,930	$58.62	300
17	Nurse Practitioners	$121,930	$58.62	270
19	Physician Assistants	$120,290	$57.83	90
20	Medical and Health Services Managers	$118,750	$57.09	580

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Florence, SC

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Registered Nurses in South Carolina	3,120	34.98	1.61	$81,170
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in South Carolina	2,880	32.37	1.31	$24,590
3	Retail Salespersons in South Carolina	2,600	29.25	1.17	$28,650
4	Cashiers in South Carolina	2,430	27.25	1.37	$26,420
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in South Carolina	2,310	25.93	1.42	$35,360
6	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina	2,270	25.53	0.92	$29,950
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in South Carolina	2,140	24.08	1.27	$36,720
8	Office Clerks, General in South Carolina	1,840	20.70	1.31	$33,860
9	Customer Service Representatives in South Carolina	1,680	18.83	1.13	$37,270
10	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in South Carolina	1,590	17.86	1.35	$55,550
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Carolina	1,550	17.41	1.93	$47,960
12	Nursing Assistants in South Carolina	1,320	14.83	1.59	$35,400
13	Waiters and Waitresses in South Carolina	1,250	14.08	0.96	$17,460
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in South Carolina	1,250	14.00	1.42	$44,750
15	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in South Carolina	1,100	12.33	2.23	$30,330
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in South Carolina	1,050	11.80	1.07	$42,150
17	General and Operations Managers in South Carolina	1,020	11.47	0.51	$99,520
18	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in South Carolina	1,010	11.31	1.27	$60,910
18	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in South Carolina	1,010	11.30	1.22	$61,750
20	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in South Carolina	940	10.58	0.74	$29,500

Most concentrated occupations in Florence, SC

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Surgical Assistants	15.89	200	2.28	$133,380
2	Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	14.46	260	2.91	$38,220
3	Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	13.19	100	1.07	$28,530
4	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	6.10	140	1.60	$45,000
5	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.19	290	3.21	$48,140
6	Orderlies	4.62	140	1.56	$29,430
7	Surgical Technologists	3.87	260	2.92	$67,080
8	Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	3.78	140	1.53	$59,170
9	Medical Equipment Preparers	3.65	160	1.82	$30,910
10	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	3.16	110	1.25	$42,490

Occupation groups in Florence, SC

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$106,220	$124,860	4,470	50.24	0.70
Architecture and Engineering	$85,020	$91,990	1,160	13.03	0.77
Computer and Mathematical	$82,210	$88,190	1,290	14.52	0.43
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$77,530	$103,390	8,550	96.04	1.52
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$72,090	$84,900	800	8.99	0.95
Business and Financial Operations	$70,900	$79,550	3,450	38.77	0.57
Legal	$61,120	$89,130	460	5.14	0.61
Educational Instruction and Library	$52,320	$50,880	4,820	54.15	0.93
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$50,150	$55,190	4,190	47.05	1.20
Construction and Extraction	$47,640	$52,540	2,560	28.69	0.69
Production	$46,830	$50,350	6,400	71.91	1.31
Community and Social Service	$44,810	$49,200	1,880	21.12	1.23
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$44,030	$50,000	610	6.89	0.52
Protective Service	$43,570	$46,640	1,970	22.11	0.91
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$43,010	$45,380	220	2.45	0.88
Office and Administrative Support	$39,260	$43,790	11,080	124.38	1.09
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,010	$41,680	9,740	109.41	1.24
Healthcare Support	$31,500	$34,140	4,950	55.63	1.09
Sales and Related	$31,200	$41,390	8,120	91.18	1.06
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$30,430	$32,070	2,740	30.77	1.05
Personal Care and Service	$29,920	$34,200	1,490	16.70	0.80
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,720	$28,960	8,090	90.84	1.03

Every occupation in South Carolina, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 285 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Florence, SC estimates (area 22500).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Florence, SC area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.