A percentile is a position in the BLS distribution. It is not a promised offer or career forecast.
10th
At least $239,200
25th
At least $239,200
Median
At least $239,200
75th
At least $239,200
90th
At least $239,200
“At least” marks a BLS top-coded estimate. For this release, BLS publishes $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year as the threshold, so the exact value may be higher.
Same metric, same release
South Carolina compared with the U.S.
Official rows only. Posted salary ranges are not included in this table.
Published hourly median by geography
Geography
Median
Mean
Employment
Employment RSE
South Carolina
At least $239,200/yearMean: At least $239,200/year Employment: 210 RSE: 34.6%
A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for South Carolina was 93.7, or 6.3% below the national price level. Its housing index was 80.5.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Cardiologists median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 29-1212 and BLS area 45.
Questions, answered
Cardiologists pay in South Carolina: common questions
What is the median wage for Cardiologists in South Carolina?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of At least $239,200 per year for Cardiologists in South Carolina. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Cardiologists pay higher in South Carolina than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare South Carolina with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in South Carolina?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Cardiologists jobs does BLS estimate in South Carolina?
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What the Cardiologists median says in South Carolina
BLS did not publish an exact median for Cardiologists in South Carolina in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is At least $239,200 per year. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 29-1212 and BLS area 45.
BLS lists 210 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is At least $239,200 per year. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become South Carolina's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1212 and area 45. SOC 29-1212 names Cardiologists. Area 45 names South Carolina. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 29-1212/45 row reports 210 wage and salary jobs, 0.09 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.83 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 29-1212/45, the annual median is At least $239,200 per year, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
29-1212/45 10th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1212/45 25th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1212/45 median: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1212/45 75th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1212/45 90th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1212/45 suppression marks: annualMean: top coded, annualMedian: top coded, annualP10: top coded, annualP25: top coded, annualP75: top coded, annualP90: top coded, hourlyMean: top coded, hourlyMedian: top coded, hourlyP10: top coded, hourlyP25: top coded, hourlyP75: top coded, hourlyP90: top coded.
Area 45 reports 2,305,080 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $59,280. Its annual median is $46,490. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1212 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in South Carolina runs from $27,070 at the 10th percentile to $103,010 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $34,630. The median is $46,490. The 75th percentile is $70,340. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cardiologists.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 45. They do not show related skills or a path into Cardiologists.
1. Area 45, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 67,310 jobs, $30,690 annual median, 29.2 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
2. Area 45, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 65,070 jobs, $27,520 annual median, 28.23 jobs per 1,000, and 1.14 location quotient.
3. Area 45, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 56,700 jobs, $37,530 annual median, 24.6 jobs per 1,000, and 1.3 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the South Carolina wage ladder for Cardiologists
The 10th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The 25th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The median is At least $239,200 per year. The 75th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The 90th percentile is At least $239,200 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from At least $239,200 per year to At least $239,200 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare South Carolina with its state and the U.S.
South Carolina has a annual median of At least $239,200 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $496,010 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for South Carolina. South Carolina cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
South Carolina has no exact published median that can enter this Cardiologists pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for South Carolina without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 29-1212. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Cardiologists medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 29-1212, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Washington has the highest published median in this set, at $656,330 per year. South Carolina sits at At least $239,200 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cardiologists is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Washington has a Cardiologists median of $656,330 per year, or not available. BLS lists 200 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.51.
2. Missouri has a Cardiologists median of $648,070 per year, or not available. BLS lists 150 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.47.
3. Nebraska has a Cardiologists median of $646,300 per year, or not available. BLS lists 170 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 1.48.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Cardiologists jobs
New York has the largest published state job estimate for Cardiologists in this same-source set, at 2,260 jobs. South Carolina has 210. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. New York has 2,260 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 2,050 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $492,040 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.09.
2. Texas has 2,050 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 1,840 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $410,150 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.31.
3. Georgia has 1,150 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 940 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $610,070 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.11.
Local-share leaders
Where Cardiologists takes the largest share of local jobs
Georgia has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.11. South Carolina has 0.83. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Cardiologists is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Georgia has a location quotient of 2.11, a gap of 1.28 from South Carolina. BLS lists 1,150 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $610,070 per year, or not available.
2. New York has a location quotient of 2.09, a gap of 1.26 from South Carolina. BLS lists 2,260 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $492,040 per year, or not available.
3. Virginia has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 0.94 from South Carolina. BLS lists 810 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $461,450 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Cardiologists is in South Carolina
BLS lists 210 Cardiologists jobs in South Carolina. It also lists 0.09 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.83. A value of 1 means Cardiologists has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Cardiologists beside other roles in South Carolina
The all-occupations median in South Carolina is $46,490 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Cardiologists median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in South Carolina still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Cardiologists from another role's number.
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded South Carolina table, at 67,310 jobs. Cardiologists has 210 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,305,080. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cardiologists's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 67,310 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 67,100 from Cardiologists. Its median is $30,690 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.16.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 65,070 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 64,860 from Cardiologists. Its median is $27,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.14.
3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 56,700 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 56,490 from Cardiologists. Its median is $37,530 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.3.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around South Carolina
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded South Carolina role table, at $106,080 per year. Cardiologists has At least $239,200 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $46,490 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,080 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 32,230 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 0.62.
2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $95,040 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 17,040 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.08.
3. Registered Nurses has a median of $82,360 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 49,750 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 0.99.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in South Carolina
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has the highest location quotient in the bounded South Carolina role table, at 2.02. Cardiologists has 0.83. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Cardiologists with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.02 in South Carolina, a gap of 1.19 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 42,150 jobs and a median of $45,500 per year, or not available.
2. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.4 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.57 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 47,200 jobs and a median of $18,370 per year, or not available.
3. Customer Service Representatives has a location quotient of 1.33 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.50 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 51,000 jobs and a median of $38,860 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in South Carolina
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Cardiologists in South Carolina because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 93.7 for South Carolina. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 29-1212.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Cardiologists row is 34.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 7.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 210 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the At least $239,200 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cardiologists. It uses a South Carolina place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the At least $239,200 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Cardiologists row for South Carolina does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 210 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.83 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 93.7 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1212 in BLS area 45. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 210 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 45, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 56,550 jobs, $28,530 annual median, 24.53 jobs per 1,000, and 1.23 location quotient.
5. Area 45, SOC 43-4051, Customer Service Representatives: 51,000 jobs, $38,860 annual median, 22.13 jobs per 1,000, and 1.33 location quotient.
6. Area 45, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 49,750 jobs, $82,360 annual median, 21.58 jobs per 1,000, and 0.99 location quotient.
4. Wisconsin has a Cardiologists median of $636,580 per year, or not available. BLS lists 200 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.6.
5. Tennessee has a Cardiologists median of $610,080 per year, or not available. BLS lists 560 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 1.55.
6. Georgia has a Cardiologists median of $610,070 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,150 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 2.11.
7. Indiana has a Cardiologists median of $588,890 per year, or not available. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.39.
8. Pennsylvania has a Cardiologists median of $579,120 per year, or not available. BLS lists 640 jobs there, compared with 210 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.95.
4. Florida has 920 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 710 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $414,910 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.84.
5. Virginia has 810 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 600 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $461,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.77.
6. Ohio has 760 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 550 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $504,260 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.24.
7. Pennsylvania has 640 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 430 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $579,120 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.95.
8. California has 630 estimated Cardiologists jobs, a gap of 420 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $185,610 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.31.
4. Connecticut has a location quotient of 1.7, a gap of 0.87 from South Carolina. BLS lists 320 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $488,940 per year, or not available.
5. Tennessee has a location quotient of 1.55, a gap of 0.72 from South Carolina. BLS lists 560 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $610,080 per year, or not available.
6. Nebraska has a location quotient of 1.48, a gap of 0.65 from South Carolina. BLS lists 170 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $646,300 per year, or not available.
7. Texas has a location quotient of 1.31, a gap of 0.48 from South Carolina. BLS lists 2,050 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $410,150 per year, or not available.
8. Ohio has a location quotient of 1.24, a gap of 0.41 from South Carolina. BLS lists 760 Cardiologists jobs and a median of $504,260 per year, or not available.
4. Cashiers has 56,550 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 56,340 from Cardiologists. Its median is $28,530 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.23.
5. Customer Service Representatives has 51,000 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 50,790 from Cardiologists. Its median is $38,860 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.33.
6. Registered Nurses has 49,750 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 49,540 from Cardiologists. Its median is $82,360 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.99.
7. Waiters and Waitresses has 47,200 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 46,990 from Cardiologists. Its median is $18,370 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.4.
8. Office Clerks, General has 42,250 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 42,040 from Cardiologists. Its median is $36,840 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.16.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,250 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 22,010 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.2.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $62,920 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 26,710 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.25.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $62,580 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 16,080 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.02.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,820 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 25,030 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.22.
8. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $58,510 per year in South Carolina, or not available. BLS lists 21,070 jobs, compared with 210 for Cardiologists. Its location quotient is 1.13.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.3 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.47 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 56,700 jobs and a median of $37,530 per year, or not available.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.25 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.42 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 26,710 jobs and a median of $62,920 per year, or not available.
6. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.24 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.41 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 25,890 jobs and a median of $35,740 per year, or not available.
7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a location quotient of 1.24 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.41 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 28,020 jobs and a median of $47,880 per year, or not available.
8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.23 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.40 from Cardiologists. BLS lists 56,550 jobs and a median of $28,530 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Cardiologists in South Carolina
Filtered through MeritLog's approved South Carolina place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
