How much do Counter and Rental Clerks make in Sumter, SC?

Percentile spread

For Counter and Rental Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $27,600 and the 90th percentile is $45,920. The difference is $18,320, which is 59.3% 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 $30,910 to the 75th at $38,970, covers $8,060.

The mean annual wage is $36,400, which sits above the median of $30,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sumter, SC median is 25.2% lower than the national median of $41,300 for Counter and Rental Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,117, which is 15% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.2% lower than the South Carolina median of $37,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sumter, SC is 88.020, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Counter and Rental Clerks at $35,117 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Counter and Rental Clerks. Sumter, SC ranks 28th of 28 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).).

• Florence, SC is 37 miles away, with a median of $35,480 and employment of 190. That median is 14.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,888, against $35,117 here.
• Columbia, SC is 39 miles away, with a median of $36,900 and employment of 1,180. That median is 19.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,397, against $35,117 here.
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $38,910 and employment of 1,290. That median is 25.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,539, against $35,117 here.

Employment share

Counter and Rental Clerks accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Sumter, SC (70 of 34,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (400,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.