Average Surgical Technologists Salary in Florence, SC

Surgical Technologists in Florence, SC earn a median annual salary of $64,790, which is +3.1% compared to the national median. There are 240 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Florence, SC (metro area).

$64,790

Florence, SC median annual wage

$31/hour median

+3.1%

Difference vs national median

National median is $62,830

240

Local employment

2.7 jobs per 1,000 workers

3.64

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $31,200
25th: $35,110
Median: $64,790
75th: $64,790
90th: $64,790

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 Florence, SC, 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

86.8%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$74,665

Goods: 96.3%
Services: 87.7%
Rents: 52.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Bend, OR	$103,320	Compare	70
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$103,190	Compare	670
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$101,820	Compare	120
Vallejo, CA	$101,470	Compare	130
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$98,820	Compare	1,260
Napa, CA	$97,850	Compare	40

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 Florence, SC

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Chief Executives	$183,850	0.74
Dentists, General	$158,150	1.27
Pharmacists	$149,780	1.92
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$133,960	0.31
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$131,810	0.68
Financial Managers	$130,380	0.61
Marketing Managers	$128,580	0.24
Sales Managers	$123,690	0.85

Florence, SC has salary data for 283 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Surgical Technologists in Florence, SC

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Surgical Technologists are projected to change by +4.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 7,000 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.