SOC 51-2031 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is $46,950. The 10th percentile is $39,700 and the 90th percentile is $59,240. Employment is 1,020.

Median annual wage

$46,950

10th percentile
$39,700
25th percentile
$46,950
Median
$46,950
75th percentile
$46,950
90th percentile
$59,240
Mean
$49,680

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $39,700 and the 90th percentile is $59,240. The difference is $19,540, which is 41.6% 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 $46,950 to the 75th at $46,950, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $49,680, which sits above the median of $46,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC median is 12.6% lower than the national median of $53,710 for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,343, which is 6.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the South Carolina median of $46,950.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 93.260, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engine and Other Machine Assemblers at $50,343 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97 miles away, with a median of $40,800 and employment of 160. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,911, against $50,343 here.
  • Winston-Salem, NC is 151 miles away, with a median of $48,580 and employment of 150. That median is 3.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,780, against $50,343 here.

Employment share

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers accounts for 0.23% of wage-and-salary employment in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (1,020 of 434,900). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 10.73 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is $46,950. The 10th percentile is $39,700 and the 90th percentile is $59,240. Employment is 1,020.

How does that compare with the national median for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers?

The local median is 12.6% lower than the national median of $53,710.

What is Engine and Other Machine Assemblers pay in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 93.260, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $46,950 is $50,343. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC compare with nearby metros for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers?

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 97 miles away, at $40,800. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.