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Horry County Wage & Salary Data
South Carolina is a Right-To-Work state. Employer-Employee relations in South Carolina are very stable and the state consistently ranks as the least unionized in the nation. In 2006, South Carolina had the lowest union membership rate in the United States at 3.3 percent. South Carolina has consistently had one of the lowest work stoppage rates in the United States. In 2002, an average of less than .01% of working time was lost due to strikes in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries combined.
Wages and Salaries
The average wage for all full-time and part-time wage and salaried workers in Horry County was $26,884 in 2006. As the following table indicates, average wages in South Carolina overall are below the U.S. average.
Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area - 2005 Wage and Salary Estimates
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Occupational Title |
Mean Hourly Wage |
Mean Annual Wage |
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Chief executives |
$58.05 |
$120,719.00 |
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General and operations managers |
$31.81 |
$66,162.00 |
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Advertising and promotions managers |
$23.84 |
$49,591.00 |
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Marketing managers |
$34.90 |
$72,591.00 |
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Computer and information systems managers |
$31.86 |
$66,264.00 |
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Financial managers |
$31.15 |
$64,793.00 |
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Human resources managers |
$26.77 |
$55,675.00 |
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Industrial production managers |
$37.11 |
$77,199.00 |
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Purchasing managers |
$26.08 |
$54,243.00 |
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Construction managers |
$31.75 |
$66,031.00 |
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Food service managers |
$20.67 |
$42,989.00 |
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Lodging managers |
$17.60 |
$36,601.00 |
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Property, real estate, and community association managers |
$18.88 |
$39,275.00 |
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Loan officers |
$23.00 |
$47,832.00 |
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Computer support specialists |
$14.10 |
$29,332.00 |
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Civil engineers |
$26.57 |
$55,257.00 |
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Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
$26.00 |
$54,086.00 |
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Registered nurses |
$22.37 |
$46,528.00 |
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Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
$22.14 |
$46,060.00 |
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Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
$17.33 |
$36,053.00 |
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Waiters and waitresses |
$6.79 |
$14,130.00 |
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Amusement and recreation attendants |
$7.62 |
$15,841.00 |
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Recreation workers |
$10.22 |
$21,250.00 |
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Cashiers |
$7.69 |
$16,000.00 |
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Counter and rental clerks |
$10.01 |
$20,825.00 |
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Retail salespersons |
$10.73 |
$22,310.00 |
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Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
$23.28 |
$48,416.00 |
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Real estate sales agents |
$16.95 |
$35,219.00 |
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First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
$17.87 |
$37,169.00 |
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Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
$8.64 |
$17,963.00 |
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Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
$10.21 |
$21,247.00 |
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Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
$14.68 |
$30,535.00 |
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Data entry keyers |
$9.97 |
$20,739.00 |
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Carpenters |
$14.29 |
$29,719.00 |
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Electricians |
$15.45 |
$32,133.00 |
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Roofers |
$12.92 |
$26,871.00 |
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Sheet metal workers |
$14.43 |
$30,020.00 |
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Construction and building inspectors |
$17.75 |
$36,918.00 |
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First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
$24.03 |
$43,354.00 |
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Automotive body and related repairers |
$18.99 |
$39,498.00 |
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First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
$22.71 |
$47,238.00 |
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Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
$11.63 |
$24,183.00 |
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Industrial truck and tractor operators |
$10.83 |
$22,528.00 |
Source:
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Carolina Labor Market Information, 2005 Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, for the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina MSA.
The major sources of recruitable labor are the underemployed in terms of their gross annual earnings, young adults reaching employment age, those not currently in the work force, job seekers as a result of population growth, commuters and the unemployed. As indicated by the foregoing analysis, this area has a good population and labor force base. Both the population and labor force show positive growth trends, which should continue into the foreseeable future.
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