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Average Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers Salary in South Carolina

Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers in South Carolina earn a median annual salary of $158,290, which is -30.1% compared to the national median. There are 160 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for South Carolina (state).

$158,290
South Carolina median annual wage
-30.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $226,600
160
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.11
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$94,020
25th
$110,300
Median
$158,290
75th
$219,290
90th
$221,440

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in South Carolina, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
93.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$168,844
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 88.3%
Rents: 80.5%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Alaska$226,490Compare1,620
Florida$220,350Compare6,640
Texas$214,670Compare10,050
Oregon$214,520Compare740
Colorado$211,860Compare5,840
Arizona$198,800Compare2,070

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in South Carolina

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$236,9500.67
Anesthesiologists$229,8701.41
Physicians, Pathologists$228,8500.88
Nurse Anesthetists$225,8001.28
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$206,4500.75
Pediatricians, General$201,9900.51
Chief Executives$181,8300.94
Architectural And Engineering Managers$163,7900.92

South Carolina has salary data for 736 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers in South Carolina

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers are projected to change by +3.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 11,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.