How much do laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

What the Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median says in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median in Charleston-North Charleston, SC at $38,090 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 53-7062 and BLS area 16700.

BLS lists 8,100 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $40,950 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC's Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is 5.3% below the U.S. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 53-7062 with area 16700

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-7062 and area 16700. SOC 53-7062 names Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area 16700 names Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 53-7062/16700 row has 8,100 wage and salary jobs. There are 20.56 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.08. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 53-7062/16700, the annual median is $38,090 per year, while the matching mean is $40,950 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 53-7062/16700 10th percentile: $31,250 per year.
• 53-7062/16700 25th percentile: $35,950 per year.
• 53-7062/16700 median: $38,090 per year.
• 53-7062/16700 75th percentile: $45,700 per year.
• 53-7062/16700 90th percentile: $52,120 per year.
• 53-7062/16700 employment RSE: 3.7%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.7%.
• 53-7062/16700 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 16700 facts behind this Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand page

Area 16700 reports 394,170 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,260. Its annual median is $49,150. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 53-7062 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Charleston-North Charleston, SC runs from $28,350 at the 10th percentile to $115,790 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,510. The median is $49,150. The 75th percentile is $77,460. This is a place check, not a pay range for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

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 16700. They do not show related skills or a path into Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 16700. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 11,930. Yearly median: $34,090. Jobs per 1,000: 30.27. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 16700. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 10,850. Yearly median: $28,500. Jobs per 1,000: 27.53. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 16700. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 9,760. Yearly median: $92,800. Jobs per 1,000: 24.77. Location quotient: 1.14.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 16700. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 9,580. Yearly median: $19,340. Jobs per 1,000: 24.31. Location quotient: 1.66.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 16700. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 7,960. Yearly median: $30,130. Jobs per 1,000: 20.19. Location quotient: 1.02.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 16700. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 7,940. Yearly median: $44,000. Jobs per 1,000: 20.13. Location quotient: 1.21.

Read the Charleston-North Charleston, SC wage ladder for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

The 10th percentile is $31,250 per year. The 25th percentile is $35,950 per year. The median is $38,090 per year. The 75th percentile is $45,700 per year. The 90th percentile is $52,120 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 $35,950 per year to $45,700 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $20,870. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Charleston-North Charleston, SC with its state and the U.S.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC has a annual median of $38,090 per year. South Carolina has $37,530 per year. The U.S. row has $40,240 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 1.5% above South Carolina on the same published median. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 5.3% below the United States on the same published median. 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 benchmarks, 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.

Where Charleston-North Charleston, SC sits for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 231 of 392 among metro areas with a published annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 231 of 392 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 228. Bloomington, IN. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,130 per year. BLS estimates 1,020 jobs. The location quotient is 0.74.
• 229. Paducah, KY-IL. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,110 per year. BLS estimates 940 jobs. The location quotient is 0.99.
• 230. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,100 per year. BLS estimates 2,980 jobs. The location quotient is 1.47.
• 232. Columbia, MO. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,070 per year. BLS estimates 1,250 jobs. The location quotient is 0.61.
• 233. Iowa City, IA. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,060 per year. BLS estimates 830 jobs. The location quotient is 0.47.
• 234. Rapid City, SD. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,050 per year. BLS estimates 420 jobs. The location quotient is 0.3.

Where Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 53-7062, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Topeka, KS has the highest published median in this set, at $49,140 per year. Charleston-North Charleston, SC sits at $38,090 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 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 limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Topeka, KS has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $49,140 per year, or $11,050 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,140 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 2. Hanford-Corcoran, CA has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $48,420 per year, or $10,330 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 790 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.85.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $48,400 per year, or $10,310 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 30,710 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.68.
• 4. Sheboygan, WI has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $48,150 per year, or $10,060 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 1,550 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 1.35.
• 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $47,740 per year, or $9,650 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 29,490 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 6. Chambersburg, PA has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $47,540 per year, or $9,450 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 3,130 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 2.74.
• 7. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $47,490 per year, or $9,400 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 1,040 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 0.74.
• 8. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has a Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $47,440 per year, or $9,350 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 2,920 jobs there, compared with 8,100 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. The location quotient is 1.83.

Where BLS counts the most Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has the largest published metro job estimate for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in this same-source set, at 157,920 jobs. Charleston-North Charleston, SC has 8,100. 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. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 157,920 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 149,820 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $40,550 per year, or $2,460 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.84.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 120,720 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 112,620 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $42,390 per year, or $4,300 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 118,290 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 110,190 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $43,290 per year, or $5,200 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 0.66.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 81,940 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 73,840 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $38,510 per year, or $420 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.07.
• 5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 78,460 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 70,360 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $39,020 per year, or $930 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.43.
• 6. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 69,820 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 61,720 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $46,060 per year, or $7,970 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 2.14.
• 7. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 56,420 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 48,320 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $44,950 per year, or $6,860 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 1.25.
• 8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 52,520 estimated Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs, a gap of 44,420 jobs from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its median is $38,000 per year, or $90 below Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Its location quotient is 0.84.

Where Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand takes the largest share of local jobs

Kenosha, WI has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.78. Charleston-North Charleston, SC has 1.08. 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 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 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. Kenosha, WI has a location quotient of 3.78, a gap of 2.70 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 5,420 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $46,990 per year, or $8,900 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 2. Memphis, TN-MS-AR has a location quotient of 3.25, a gap of 2.17 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 37,750 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $39,510 per year, or $1,420 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 3. Chambersburg, PA has a location quotient of 2.74, a gap of 1.66 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 3,130 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $47,540 per year, or $9,450 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 4. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a location quotient of 2.73, a gap of 1.65 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 15,030 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $47,330 per year, or $9,240 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 5. Cleveland, TN has a location quotient of 2.33, a gap of 1.25 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 1,900 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $38,460 per year, or $370 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 6. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN has a location quotient of 2.29, a gap of 1.21 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 48,100 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $44,180 per year, or $6,090 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 7. Rockford, IL has a location quotient of 2.27, a gap of 1.19 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 5,940 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $44,200 per year, or $6,110 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
• 8. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN has a location quotient of 2.26, a gap of 1.18 from Charleston-North Charleston, SC. BLS lists 29,400 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs and a median of $46,830 per year, or $8,740 above Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

How common Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

BLS lists 8,100 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It also lists 20.56 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 1.08. A value of 1 means Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher 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.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand beside other roles in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

The all-occupations median in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $49,150 per year. The Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median is $38,090 per year. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is 22.5% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Charleston-North Charleston, SC. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers, SOC 37-3011, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $37,720 per year. BLS lists 3,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 2. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $39,250 per year. BLS lists 6,890 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 3. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $36,710 per year. BLS lists 6,040 jobs and a location quotient of 1.69.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $36,620 per year. BLS lists 5,540 jobs and a location quotient of 0.77.
• 5. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $35,240 per year. BLS lists 5,210 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.
• 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $34,100 per year. BLS lists 4,340 jobs and a location quotient of 0.4.
• 7. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $34,090 per year. BLS lists 11,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Charleston-North Charleston, SC median of $43,620 per year. BLS lists 3,960 jobs and a location quotient of 1.28.

The largest detailed roles in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC table, at 11,930 jobs. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 8,100 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 394,170. 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 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 11,930 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 3,830 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $34,090 per year, or $4,000 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 10,850 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 2,750 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $28,500 per year, or $9,590 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 3. Registered Nurses has 9,760 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 1,660 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $92,800 per year, or $54,710 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 4. Waiters and Waitresses has 9,580 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 1,480 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $19,340 per year, or $18,750 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.66.
• 5. Cashiers has 7,960 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 140 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $30,130 per year, or $7,960 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives has 7,940 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 160 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $44,000 per year, or $5,910 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has 6,890 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 1,210 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $39,250 per year, or $1,160 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.1.
• 8. Cooks, Restaurant has 6,040 jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 2,060 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its median is $36,710 per year, or $1,380 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.69.

Published role medians around Charleston-North Charleston, SC

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC role table, at $109,260 per year. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has $38,090 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $49,150 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 $109,260 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $71,170 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 6,000 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 0.68.
• 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $94,730 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $56,640 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,510 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $92,800 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $54,710 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 9,760 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $79,110 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $41,020 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,680 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.34.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $65,910 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $27,820 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 4,650 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.28.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,120 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $26,030 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,170 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $62,600 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $24,510 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 4,290 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,020 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, or $22,930 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 4,670 jobs, compared with 8,100 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Its location quotient is 1.33.

Roles with the largest local share in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Cooks, Restaurant has the highest location quotient in the bounded Charleston-North Charleston, SC role table, at 1.69. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 1.08. 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 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.69 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.61 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 6,040 jobs and a median of $36,710 per year, or $1,380 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 2. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.66 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.58 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 9,580 jobs and a median of $19,340 per year, or $18,750 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 3. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.62 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.54 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,110 jobs and a median of $19,630 per year, or $18,460 below Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.51 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.43 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 5,370 jobs and a median of $48,180 per year, or $10,090 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 5. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.35 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.27 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 4,290 jobs and a median of $62,600 per year, or $24,510 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.34 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.26 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,680 jobs and a median of $79,110 per year, or $41,020 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 7. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.33 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.25 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 3,710 jobs and a median of $43,630 per year, or $5,540 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
• 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.33 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, a gap of 0.25 from Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. BLS lists 4,670 jobs and a median of $61,020 per year, or $22,930 above Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

What $38,090 may mean after the Charleston-North Charleston, SC price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 101.0. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 1.0% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $38,090 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median by 101.0 divided by 100. The result is $37,727 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 119.8. Goods are 96.3. Utilities are 88.2. Other services are 98.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Charleston-North Charleston, SC row

The employment RSE for this Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand row is 3.7%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.7%. 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 8,100 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $40,950 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.

Use Charleston-North Charleston, SC wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. It uses a Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $38,090 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 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand row for Charleston-North Charleston, SC 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 8,100 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.08 is not a growth score. Rank 231 of 392 is not a place score. The 101.0 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 53-7062 in BLS area 16700. 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.