SOC 49-9071 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make in Florence, SC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florence, SC is $44,750. The 10th percentile is $31,170 and the 90th percentile is $65,930. Employment is 1,250.
Median annual wage
$44,750
- 10th percentile
- $31,170
- 25th percentile
- $36,890
- Median
- $44,750
- 75th percentile
- $59,070
- 90th percentile
- $65,930
- Mean
- $47,890
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, the published 10th percentile is $31,170 and the 90th percentile is $65,930. The difference is $34,760, which is 77.7% 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 $36,890 to the 75th at $59,070, covers $22,180.
The mean annual wage is $47,890, which sits above the median of $44,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Florence, SC median is 9.8% lower than the national median of $49,590 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,571, which is 4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 6.5% lower than the South Carolina median of $47,880.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence, SC is 86.774, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Maintenance and Repair Workers, General at $51,571 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Florence, SC ranks 20th of 27 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).).
- Sumter, SC is 37 miles away, with a median of $47,340 and employment of 550. That median is 5.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,783, against $51,571 here.
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 50 miles away, with a median of $38,770 and employment of 2,080. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,402, against $51,571 here.
- Columbia, SC is 71 miles away, with a median of $46,870 and employment of 4,680. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,042, against $51,571 here.
Employment share
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General accounts for 1.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence, SC (1,250 of 89,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.98% of employment (1,529,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.43 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 Florence, SC · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make in Florence, SC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florence, SC is $44,750. The 10th percentile is $31,170 and the 90th percentile is $65,930. Employment is 1,250.
How does that compare with the national median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General?
The local median is 9.8% lower than the national median of $49,590.
What is Maintenance and Repair Workers, General pay in Florence, SC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence, SC is 86.774, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $44,750 is $51,571. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Florence, SC compare with nearby metros for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General?
Sumter, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 37 miles away, at $47,340. Florence, SC ranks 20th of 27 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.