# Counties in South Carolina by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 46 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 1,388 |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 1,350 |
| 3 | Lancaster County | 1,290 |
| 4 | Greenville County | 1,269 |
| 5 | Aiken County | 1,268 |
| 6 | Richland County | 1,252 |
| 7 | Calhoun County | 1,232 |
| 8 | York County | 1,212 |
| 9 | Spartanburg County | 1,195 |
| 10 | Chester County | 1,178 |
| 11 | Darlington County | 1,163 |
| 12 | Oconee County | 1,157 |
| 13 | Fairfield County | 1,155 |
| 14 | Lexington County | 1,119 |
| 15 | Allendale County | 1,101 |
| 15 | Beaufort County | 1,101 |
| 17 | Florence County | 1,074 |
| 18 | Pickens County | 1,073 |
| 19 | Dorchester County | 1,070 |
| 20 | Jasper County | 1,062 |
| 21 | Greenwood County | 1,058 |
| 22 | Laurens County | 1,052 |
| 23 | Sumter County | 1,048 |
| 24 | Anderson County | 1,043 |
| 24 | Edgefield County | 1,043 |
| 26 | Marlboro County | 1,041 |
| 27 | Hampton County | 1,025 |
| 28 | Georgetown County | 1,017 |
| 29 | Abbeville County | 997 |
| 30 | Chesterfield County | 986 |
| 31 | Union County | 978 |
| 32 | Kershaw County | 976 |
| 33 | Newberry County | 972 |
| 34 | Williamsburg County | 970 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 969 |
| 36 | Horry County | 962 |
| 36 | Saluda County | 962 |
| 38 | Lee County | 951 |
| 39 | Colleton County | 944 |
| 40 | Orangeburg County | 940 |
| 41 | Bamberg County | 930 |
| 42 | Marion County | 920 |
| 43 | Barnwell County | 883 |
| 44 | Dillon County | 850 |
| 45 | Clarendon County | 841 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 837 |