# Counties in South Carolina by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 22,655.2 |
| 2 | Greenville County | 22,127.3 |
| 3 | Richland County | 17,345.4 |
| 4 | Spartanburg County | 10,451.6 |
| 5 | Lexington County | 8,642.5 |
| 6 | Horry County | 8,319.4 |
| 7 | York County | 7,531.4 |
| 8 | Berkeley County | 5,393.1 |
| 9 | Beaufort County | 5,175.4 |
| 10 | Aiken County | 4,722 |
| 11 | Florence County | 4,466.7 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 4,306.4 |
| 13 | Sumter County | 2,678.2 |
| 14 | Dorchester County | 2,588.2 |
| 15 | Pickens County | 2,463.3 |
| 16 | Lancaster County | 2,174.7 |
| 17 | Orangeburg County | 1,718 |
| 18 | Oconee County | 1,695.9 |
| 19 | Greenwood County | 1,686.7 |
| 20 | Georgetown County | 1,526.7 |
| 21 | Darlington County | 1,325 |
| 22 | Laurens County | 1,169.8 |
| 23 | Kershaw County | 1,056.5 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 995.3 |
| 25 | Newberry County | 795.2 |
| 26 | Chesterfield County | 792.2 |
| 27 | Chester County | 697.7 |
| 28 | Jasper County | 683.5 |
| 29 | Colleton County | 592.9 |
| 30 | Dillon County | 458.7 |
| 31 | Fairfield County | 442.7 |
| 32 | Union County | 405.1 |
| 33 | Marion County | 383 |
| 34 | Williamsburg County | 369.5 |
| 35 | Marlboro County | 363.9 |
| 36 | Edgefield County | 361.8 |
| 37 | Clarendon County | 337.2 |
| 38 | Abbeville County | 333.8 |
| 39 | Calhoun County | 310.6 |
| 40 | Hampton County | 280.4 |
| 41 | Saluda County | 247.1 |
| 42 | Barnwell County | 243.5 |
| 43 | Lee County | 213.3 |
| 44 | Bamberg County | 198.4 |
| 45 | Allendale County | 145.7 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 96 |