Financial Analyst salary in South Carolina

Official occupation: 13-2051 Financial and Investment Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In South Carolina, the median financial analyst earns $93,670 a year, 9% below the United States median of $102,740.

It ranks 31st of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $157,700, 2.7 times the $58,420 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 3,600 jobs and a location quotient of 0.67, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in South Carolina is $46,490, so this role pays 2.0 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureSouth CarolinaNational
Median annual pay Observed$93,670United States: $102,740
Mean annual pay Observed$105,330United States: $116,800
10th percentile Observed$58,420United States: $63,720
25th percentile Observed$73,570United States: $79,290
75th percentile Observed$124,070United States: $133,340
90th percentile Observed$157,700United States: $180,860
Median hourly pay Observed$45.03United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed3,600
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.561
Location quotient Observed0.67
Difference from United States median ($102,740) Derived−9%
Rank among 51 states Derived31
Ratio to South Carolina all-occupation median ($46,490) Derived2.01×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.70

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 29. Florida$94,490
  2. 30. Ohio$94,280
  3. 31. South Carolina$93,670
  4. 32. Arizona$93,540
  5. 33. Tennessee$92,990

Largest cities in South Carolina: Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Rock Hill (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.