Waiters and Waitresses Salary in South Carolina
The median annual wage for waiters and waitresses in South Carolina is $18,370 ($8.83 per hour) — -47.9% vs. the national median of $35,230. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $18,370
- Mean annual wage
- $25,900
- Median hourly wage
- $8.83
- Employment in SC
- 47,200
47,200 employed · 20.5 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in South Carolina
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $15,080 | $7.25 |
| 25th percentile | $16,980 | $8.17 |
| Median (50th) | $18,370 | $8.83 |
| 75th percentile | $29,910 | $14.38 |
| 90th percentile | $46,820 | $22.51 |
What this salary is worth in South Carolina
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $19,595
- Median rent burden
- 77.1%
- Est. affordable home price
- $67,013
South Carolina prices are 93.7 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in South Carolina: $1,180/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $459/mo
At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance
For context, the median home value in South Carolina is $259,000 (ACS 2020-2024).
Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.
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Other salaries in South Carolina
- Accountants and Auditors in South Carolina
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in South Carolina
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in South Carolina
- Cashiers in South Carolina
- Construction Laborers in South Carolina
- Cooks, Restaurant in South Carolina
- Customer Service Representatives in South Carolina
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in South Carolina
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in South Carolina
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in South Carolina
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in South Carolina
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in South Carolina
- General and Operations Managers in South Carolina
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in South Carolina
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina
- Human Resources Specialists in South Carolina
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in South Carolina
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in South Carolina
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in South Carolina
- Light Truck Drivers in South Carolina
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in South Carolina
- Management Analysts in South Carolina
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in South Carolina
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in South Carolina
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Carolina
- Nursing Assistants in South Carolina
- Office Clerks, General in South Carolina
- Project Management Specialists in South Carolina
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in South Carolina
- Registered Nurses in South Carolina
- Retail Salespersons in South Carolina
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in South Carolina
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in South Carolina
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in South Carolina
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in South Carolina
- Security Guards in South Carolina
- Software Developers in South Carolina
- Stockers and Order Fillers in South Carolina
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in South Carolina
About this data
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.
Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.