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Average Commercial And Industrial Designers Salary in South Carolina

Commercial And Industrial Designers in South Carolina earn a median annual salary of $83,610, which is +5.2% compared to the national median. There are 470 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).

$83,610
South Carolina median annual wage
$40/hour median
+5.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $79,450
470
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.05
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,970
25th
$61,760
Median
$83,610
75th
$105,440
90th
$127,920

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
$89,185
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 88.3%
Rents: 80.5%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$106,720Compare450
Kansas$100,010Compare250
Massachusetts$99,310Compare1,020
Indiana$93,860Compare400
Rhode Island$93,340Compare210
California$93,300Compare4,530

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 Commercial And Industrial Designers in South Carolina

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Commercial And Industrial Designers are projected to change by +3.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,500 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.