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Food Scientists and Technologists pay in South Carolina and Utah
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Scientists and Technologists is $108,660 per year in South Carolina. It is $73,280 per year in Utah. South Carolina is 48.3% above Utah on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in South Carolina and 120 in Utah. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings