Frontend Developer salary in South Carolina

Official occupation: 15-1254 Web Developers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In South Carolina, the median frontend developer earns $78,190 a year, 16% below the United States median of $92,650.

It ranks 32nd of 44 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $52,850 and the 90th at $125,210 (a ratio of 2.4).

With 710 jobs and a location quotient of 0.68, 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 1.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureSouth CarolinaNational
Median annual pay Observed$78,190United States: $92,650
Mean annual pay Observed$85,160United States: $98,770
10th percentile Observed$52,850United States: $48,100
25th percentile Observed$61,760United States: $64,230
75th percentile Observed$102,100United States: $126,230
90th percentile Observed$125,210United States: $162,290
Median hourly pay Observed$37.59United States: $44.54
Employment (jobs) Observed710
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.308
Location quotient Observed0.68
Difference from United States median ($92,650) Derived−16%
Rank among 44 states Derived32
Ratio to South Carolina all-occupation median ($46,490) Derived1.68×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.37

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 30. New Hampshire$78,260
  2. 31. West Virginia$78,240
  3. 32. South Carolina$78,190
  4. 33. Arizona$76,230
  5. 34. Delaware$76,020

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.