How much do Barbers make in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC?

Percentile spread

For Barbers, the published 10th percentile is $20,440 and the 90th percentile is $79,400. The difference is $58,960, which is 164.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $20,440 to the 75th at $64,600, covers $44,160.

The mean annual wage is $44,360, which sits above the median of $35,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC median is 6.1% lower than the national median of $38,210 for Barbers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,616, which is 4.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.1% higher than the South Carolina median of $32,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 98.017, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Barbers at $36,616 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Barbers. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Jacksonville, FL is 158 miles away, with a median of $57,860 and employment of 110. That median is 61.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,160, against $36,616 here.

Employment share

Barbers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC (30 of 81,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.80 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.