How much do secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive make in South Carolina?

What the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median says in South Carolina

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median in South Carolina at $44,880 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 43-6014 and BLS area 45.

BLS lists 30,180 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 $45,010 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

South Carolina's Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is 5.6% below the U.S. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 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 43-6014 with area 45

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-6014 and area 45. SOC 43-6014 names Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area 45 names South Carolina. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-6014/45 row has 30,180 wage and salary jobs. There are 13.09 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.19. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-6014/45, the annual median is $44,880 per year, while the matching mean is $45,010 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-6014/45 10th percentile: $29,100 per year.
• 43-6014/45 25th percentile: $36,880 per year.
• 43-6014/45 median: $44,880 per year.
• 43-6014/45 75th percentile: $52,420 per year.
• 43-6014/45 90th percentile: $61,660 per year.
• 43-6014/45 employment RSE: 2%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.6%.
• 43-6014/45 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 45 facts behind this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive page

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 43-6014 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 45. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 67,310. Yearly median: $30,690. Jobs per 1,000: 29.2. Location quotient: 1.16.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 45. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 65,070. Yearly median: $27,520. Jobs per 1,000: 28.23. Location quotient: 1.14.
• 3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 45. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 56,700. Yearly median: $37,530. Jobs per 1,000: 24.6. Location quotient: 1.3.
• 4. Cashiers. Area: 45. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 56,550. Yearly median: $28,530. Jobs per 1,000: 24.53. Location quotient: 1.23.
• 5. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 45. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 51,000. Yearly median: $38,860. Jobs per 1,000: 22.13. Location quotient: 1.33.
• 6. Registered Nurses. Area: 45. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 49,750. Yearly median: $82,360. Jobs per 1,000: 21.58. Location quotient: 0.99.

Read the South Carolina wage ladder for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

The 10th percentile is $29,100 per year. The 25th percentile is $36,880 per year. The median is $44,880 per year. The 75th percentile is $52,420 per year. The 90th percentile is $61,660 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 $36,880 per year to $52,420 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $32,560. 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 $44,880 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $47,540 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

A state comparison is not available for South Carolina. South Carolina is 5.6% 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 South Carolina sits for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

South Carolina ranks 37 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 37 of 54 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.

• 34. Wyoming. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $45,450 per year. BLS estimates 2,250 jobs. The location quotient is 0.73.
• 35. Iowa. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $45,150 per year. BLS estimates 12,830 jobs. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 36. Texas. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $45,140 per year. BLS estimates 149,650 jobs. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 38. Indiana. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $44,270 per year. BLS estimates 20,100 jobs. The location quotient is 0.57.
• 39. Kentucky. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $44,200 per year. BLS estimates 18,420 jobs. The location quotient is 0.84.
• 40. Virgin Islands (territory). The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $44,040 per year. BLS estimates 530 jobs. The location quotient is 1.5.

Where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive medians lead among states and territories

The rows below use the same SOC 43-6014, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. District of Columbia has the highest published median in this set, at $59,910 per year. South Carolina sits at $44,880 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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. District of Columbia has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $59,910 per year, or $15,030 above South Carolina. BLS lists 11,800 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 1.53.
• 2. Massachusetts has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,940 per year, or $13,060 above South Carolina. BLS lists 37,750 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.95.
• 3. Washington has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,330 per year, or $12,450 above South Carolina. BLS lists 31,710 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 4. Connecticut has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $57,210 per year, or $12,330 above South Carolina. BLS lists 22,650 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 1.22.
• 5. California has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $55,400 per year, or $10,520 above South Carolina. BLS lists 158,630 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 6. Rhode Island has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $52,140 per year, or $7,260 above South Carolina. BLS lists 5,200 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.95.
• 7. Oregon has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $51,740 per year, or $6,860 above South Carolina. BLS lists 23,150 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 1.07.
• 8. Minnesota has a Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $51,400 per year, or $6,520 above South Carolina. BLS lists 31,330 jobs there, compared with 30,180 in South Carolina. The location quotient is 0.97.

Where BLS counts the most Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs

California has the largest published state job estimate for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in this same-source set, at 158,630 jobs. South Carolina has 30,180. 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. California has 158,630 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 128,450 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $55,400 per year, or $10,520 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 0.79.
• 2. Texas has 149,650 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 119,470 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $45,140 per year, or $260 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 0.97.
• 3. New York has 122,490 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 92,310 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $49,600 per year, or $4,720 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 4. Florida has 104,000 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 73,820 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $45,900 per year, or $1,020 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 5. Illinois has 74,280 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 44,100 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $48,310 per year, or $3,430 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 6. New Jersey has 65,960 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 35,780 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $50,260 per year, or $5,380 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Pennsylvania has 65,310 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 35,130 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $46,270 per year, or $1,390 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 8. Maryland has 54,890 estimated Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs, a gap of 24,710 jobs from South Carolina. Its median is $48,680 per year, or $3,800 above South Carolina. Its location quotient is 1.81.

Where Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive takes the largest share of local jobs

New Mexico has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.66. South Carolina has 1.19. 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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. New Mexico has a location quotient of 2.66, a gap of 1.47 from South Carolina. BLS lists 25,430 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $46,450 per year, or $1,570 above South Carolina.
• 2. Guam (territory) has a location quotient of 2.21, a gap of 1.02 from South Carolina. BLS lists 1,610 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $36,030 per year, or $8,850 below South Carolina.
• 3. Kansas has a location quotient of 2.04, a gap of 0.85 from South Carolina. BLS lists 32,120 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $42,270 per year, or $2,610 below South Carolina.
• 4. Alabama has a location quotient of 1.94, a gap of 0.75 from South Carolina. BLS lists 45,050 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $41,630 per year, or $3,250 below South Carolina.
• 5. Maryland has a location quotient of 1.81, a gap of 0.62 from South Carolina. BLS lists 54,890 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $48,680 per year, or $3,800 above South Carolina.
• 6. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 1.73, a gap of 0.54 from South Carolina. BLS lists 17,810 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $25,730 per year, or $19,150 below South Carolina.
• 7. District of Columbia has a location quotient of 1.53, a gap of 0.34 from South Carolina. BLS lists 11,800 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $59,910 per year, or $15,030 above South Carolina.
• 8. Alaska has a location quotient of 1.51, a gap of 0.32 from South Carolina. BLS lists 5,390 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs and a median of $48,530 per year, or $3,650 above South Carolina.

How common Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is in South Carolina

BLS lists 30,180 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive jobs in South Carolina. It also lists 13.09 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 1.19. A value of 1 means Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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.

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive beside other roles in South Carolina

The all-occupations median in South Carolina is $46,490 per year. The Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median is $44,880 per year. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is 3.5% 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 South Carolina. 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a South Carolina median of $45,500 per year. BLS lists 42,150 jobs and a location quotient of 2.02.
• 2. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a South Carolina median of $42,940 per year. BLS lists 19,620 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a South Carolina median of $47,770 per year. BLS lists 19,390 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 4. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a South Carolina median of $47,880 per year. BLS lists 28,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
• 5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a South Carolina median of $47,940 per year. BLS lists 19,980 jobs and a location quotient of 0.98.
• 6. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a South Carolina median of $40,170 per year. BLS lists 15,630 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 7. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a South Carolina median of $38,860 per year. BLS lists 51,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.33.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a South Carolina median of $51,130 per year. BLS lists 34,170 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.

The largest detailed roles in South Carolina

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded South Carolina table, at 67,310 jobs. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 30,180 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 67,310 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 37,130 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $30,690 per year, or $14,190 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 65,070 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 34,890 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $27,520 per year, or $17,360 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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 26,520 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $37,530 per year, or $7,350 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 4. Cashiers has 56,550 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 26,370 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $28,530 per year, or $16,350 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.23.
• 5. Customer Service Representatives has 51,000 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 20,820 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $38,860 per year, or $6,020 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 6. Registered Nurses has 49,750 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 19,570 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $82,360 per year, or $37,480 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 7. Waiters and Waitresses has 47,200 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 17,020 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $18,370 per year, or $26,510 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 8. Office Clerks, General has 42,250 jobs in South Carolina, a gap of 12,070 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its median is $36,840 per year, or $8,040 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.16.

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. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has $44,880 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 $61,200 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 32,230 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.62.
• 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $95,040 per year in South Carolina, or $50,160 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 17,040 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $82,360 per year in South Carolina, or $37,480 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 49,750 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,250 per year in South Carolina, or $19,370 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 22,010 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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 $18,040 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 26,710 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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 $17,700 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 16,080 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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 $15,940 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 25,030 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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 $13,630 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 21,070 jobs, compared with 30,180 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Its location quotient is 1.13.

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. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1.19. 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 0.83 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 42,150 jobs and a median of $45,500 per year, or $620 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 2. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.4 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.21 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 47,200 jobs and a median of $18,370 per year, or $26,510 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives has a location quotient of 1.33 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.14 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 51,000 jobs and a median of $38,860 per year, or $6,020 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.3 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.11 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 56,700 jobs and a median of $37,530 per year, or $7,350 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.25 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.06 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 26,710 jobs and a median of $62,920 per year, or $18,040 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 6. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.24 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.05 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 25,890 jobs and a median of $35,740 per year, or $9,140 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a location quotient of 1.24 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.05 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 28,020 jobs and a median of $47,880 per year, or $3,000 above Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.
• 8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.23 in South Carolina, a gap of 0.04 from Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. BLS lists 56,550 jobs and a median of $28,530 per year, or $16,350 below Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive.

What $44,880 may mean after the South Carolina price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for South Carolina is 93.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 6.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $44,880 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median by 93.7 divided by 100. The result is $47,873 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 80.5. Goods are 96.3. Utilities are 88.3. 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 South Carolina row

The employment RSE for this Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive row is 2%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. 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 30,180 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $45,010 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 South Carolina wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $44,880 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 30,180 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.19 is not a growth score. Rank 37 of 54 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 43-6014 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.