How much do Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

Percentile spread

For Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping, the published 10th percentile is $34,840 and the 90th percentile is $59,990. The difference is $25,150, which is 52.6% 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 $39,740 to the 75th at $54,930, covers $15,190.

The mean annual wage is $47,590, which sits below the median of $47,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charleston-North Charleston, SC median is 5.5% lower than the national median of $50,610 for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,384, which is 6.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% higher than the South Carolina median of $45,300.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping at $47,384 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 4th of 15 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).).

• Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 65 miles away, with a median of $44,950. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,859, against $47,384 here.
• Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 86 miles away, with a median of $43,930 and employment of 50. That median is 8.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,913, against $47,384 here.
• Columbia, SC is 94 miles away, with a median of $45,410 and employment of 380. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,483, against $47,384 here.

Employment share

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Charleston-North Charleston, SC (160 of 394,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (90,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.70 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.