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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations in South Carolina, May 2024

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. BLS sorts every occupation into one of 22 major groups; this is the Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations group in South Carolina. These are estimates of jobs and wages, not job openings.

The group’s own figures in South Carolina

MeasureValue
Occupation group code45-0000
Employment3,310
Jobs per 1,0001.459
Location quotient0.51
Mean annual wage$45,560
Median annual wage$44,610
Mean hourly wage$21.9
Median hourly wage$21.45
10th percentile annual wage$27,750
25th percentile annual wage$34,120
75th percentile annual wage$53,170
90th percentile annual wage$65,340

Detailed occupations in this group in South Carolina

Every detailed occupation BLS publishes for this group in South Carolina, sorted by employment. Rows where BLS publishes no employment estimate (**) come last. Click a column heading to sort. A cell that reads “not published annually” or “not published hourly” means BLS publishes that row on the other basis only. A cell showing * or # is BLS’s own footnote symbol, explained below the table. Each row is that occupation’s own BLS record for South Carolina.

OccupationEmploymentMedian annual wageMean annual wage10th percentile annual wage90th percentile annual wageMedian hourly wage
Logging Equipment Operators980$46,270$49,620$36,640$65,340$22.24
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse870$35,230$38,070$25,890$53,090$16.94
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers460$56,980$62,510$44,040$87,880$27.4
Forest and Conservation Workers210$36,810$38,370$30,070$49,400$17.7
Agricultural Equipment Operators190$42,580$42,470$28,100$52,780$20.47
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products190$32,990$34,710$29,630$41,770$15.86
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals170$32,820$30,020$20,540$41,410$15.78
Agricultural Inspectors80$49,000$51,510$38,490$67,140$23.56
Fallers50$60,050$59,930$33,030$74,320$28.87
Log Graders and Scalers40$49,990$47,370$30,520$55,630$24.04
Logging Workers, All Other**$59,990$57,430$37,260$65,120$28.84

Symbols (BLS wording, workbook sheet Field Descriptions sheet): ** indicates that an employment estimate is not available · * indicates that a wage estimate is not available · # indicates a wage equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A wage shown as a symbol is not zero and not a blank: BLS publishes no number there.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 state estimates. Record: state_M2024_dl.xlsx!AREA=45&OCC_CODE=45-0000. the group row is AREA 45 / OCC_CODE 45-0000, and each table row is its own detailed record for this area, AREA 45 / OCC_CODE 45-xxxx. Reference period: May 2024. Fetched October 2026 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24st.zip.

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