SOC 43-4131 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025
How much do Loan Interviewers and Clerks make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $48,060. The 10th percentile is $27,240 and the 90th percentile is $61,900. Employment is 360.
Median annual wage
$48,060
- 10th percentile
- $27,240
- 25th percentile
- $36,120
- Median
- $48,060
- 75th percentile
- $53,600
- 90th percentile
- $61,900
- Mean
- $45,860
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Loan Interviewers and Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $27,240 and the 90th percentile is $61,900. The difference is $34,660, which is 72.1% 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 $36,120 to the 75th at $53,600, covers $17,480.
The mean annual wage is $45,860, which sits below the median of $48,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Charleston-North Charleston, SC median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $50,020 for Loan Interviewers and Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,602, which is 4.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 1.2% higher than the South Carolina median of $47,500.
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 $48,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Loan Interviewers and Clerks at $47,602 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 Loan Interviewers and Clerks. 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 $45,780 and employment of 60. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,706, against $47,602 here.
- Sumter, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $40,740 and employment of 40. That median is 15.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,285, against $47,602 here.
- Florence, SC is 79 miles away, with a median of $39,720 and employment of 60. That median is 17.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,774, against $47,602 here.
Employment share
Loan Interviewers and Clerks accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Charleston-North Charleston, SC (360 of 394,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (164,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC · Loan Interviewers and Clerks by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Loan Interviewers and Clerks make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $48,060. The 10th percentile is $27,240 and the 90th percentile is $61,900. Employment is 360.
How does that compare with the national median for Loan Interviewers and Clerks?
The local median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $50,020.
What is Loan Interviewers and Clerks pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,060 is $47,602. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Charleston-North Charleston, SC compare with nearby metros for Loan Interviewers and Clerks?
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 65 miles away, at $45,780. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 4th of 15 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.