Spartanburg, SC

Across all occupations in the Spartanburg, SC metropolitan area, the median wage is $47,650 a year ($22.91 an hour) and the mean $57,570, May 2025. That median is −7% against the US median of $50,980 and +2% against South Carolina's $46,490. BLS counts 165,150 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is general internal medicine physicians; the largest is miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.

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

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Spartanburg, SC area, South Carolina and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Spartanburg, SC	Hourly	$13.49	$17.14	$22.91	$34.17	$46.06	$27.68	165,150
Spartanburg, SC	Annual	$28,050	$35,640	$47,650	$71,080	$95,800	$57,570	165,150
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.

353 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 Spartanburg, SC

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$284,250	$136.66	50
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$241,070	$115.90	50
3	Chief Executives	$197,540	$94.97	100
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers in South Carolina	$158,660	$76.28	250
5	Natural Sciences Managers	$156,110	$75.05	30
6	Pharmacists	$153,610	$73.85	480
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$148,510	$71.40	170
8	Dentists, General	$140,360	$67.48	100
9	Marketing Managers	$139,990	$67.30	220
10	Financial Managers in South Carolina	$139,230	$66.94	500
11	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$138,750	$66.71	210
12	Purchasing Managers	$134,370	$64.60	60
13	Physicians, All Other	$131,460	$63.20	220
14	Industrial Production Managers	$131,250	$63.10	700
15	Sales Managers in South Carolina	$130,870	$62.92	560
16	Database Architects	$128,290	$61.68	60
17	Administrative Services Managers	$127,770	$61.43	190
18	Human Resources Managers	$127,570	$61.33	160
19	Computer Network Architects	$126,310	$60.73	60
20	Managers, All Other in South Carolina	$124,480	$59.85	100

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 Spartanburg, SC

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Carolina	11,790	71.37	7.90	$59,300
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in South Carolina	6,080	36.81	1.94	$37,540
3	Cashiers in South Carolina	5,420	32.82	1.65	$29,960
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in South Carolina	4,870	29.48	1.19	$27,390
5	Registered Nurses in South Carolina	4,440	26.87	1.24	$82,360
6	Retail Salespersons in South Carolina	3,790	22.92	0.91	$30,540
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in South Carolina	3,630	21.99	1.66	$50,700
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in South Carolina	3,380	20.48	1.12	$36,560
9	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina	3,160	19.11	0.69	$30,190
10	Customer Service Representatives in South Carolina	2,740	16.58	0.99	$42,220
11	Office Clerks, General in South Carolina	2,400	14.55	0.92	$37,300
12	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in South Carolina	2,380	14.42	3.33	$92,070
13	Waiters and Waitresses in South Carolina	2,140	12.96	0.89	$18,370
14	General and Operations Managers in South Carolina	2,010	12.17	0.54	$108,100
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in South Carolina	2,010	12.20	1.24	$53,110
16	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in South Carolina	1,910	11.58	0.81	$31,620
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in South Carolina	1,700	10.31	0.94	$43,750
18	Nursing Assistants in South Carolina	1,630	9.84	1.06	$40,050
19	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in South Carolina	1,530	9.29	1.04	$60,990
19	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,530	9.24	2.40	$49,160

Most concentrated occupations in Spartanburg, 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	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	18.61	260	1.56	$40,280
2	Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	9.33	130	0.81	$37,550
3	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	8.99	210	1.27	$36,700
4	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Carolina	7.90	11,790	71.37	$59,300
5	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	7.01	100	0.58	$48,100
6	Chemical Plant and System Operators	5.61	100	0.60	$68,810
7	Sewing Machine Operators	4.99	560	3.37	$38,530
8	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.47	710	4.33	$46,530
9	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	4.38	250	1.50	*
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.29	780	4.73	$42,300

Occupation groups in Spartanburg, SC

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$111,870	$128,730	7,870	47.66	0.67
Architecture and Engineering	$92,330	$92,390	3,330	20.19	1.20
Computer and Mathematical	$88,170	$95,290	2,240	13.58	0.40
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$80,540	$87,380	10,950	66.31	1.05
Business and Financial Operations	$76,880	$84,800	6,460	39.13	0.58
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$75,250	$85,920	800	4.84	0.51
Legal	$72,800	$102,890	680	4.10	0.49
Educational Instruction and Library	$60,990	$57,750	8,420	50.97	0.87
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$58,520	$59,900	7,830	47.41	1.21
Production	$51,800	$56,700	26,910	162.92	2.96
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$49,990	$60,890	1,000	6.03	0.46
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$49,560	$49,550	80	0.51	0.18
Construction and Extraction	$49,470	$55,650	5,350	32.38	0.78
Community and Social Service	$48,750	$52,320	2,060	12.45	0.73
Protective Service	$46,640	$47,840	3,180	19.28	0.79
Office and Administrative Support	$44,960	$47,410	16,890	102.29	0.90
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,210	$43,310	19,200	116.28	1.32
Healthcare Support	$35,720	$38,650	6,950	42.09	0.83
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,100	$35,120	3,850	23.29	0.80
Sales and Related	$33,430	$46,060	14,960	90.60	1.05
Personal Care and Service	$30,730	$36,660	2,720	16.45	0.79
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$28,270	$29,960	13,420	81.25	0.92

Every occupation in South Carolina, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 353 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 Spartanburg, SC estimates (area 43900).

*: 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 Spartanburg, 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.