How much do Power Distributors and Dispatchers make in Columbia, SC?

Percentile spread

For Power Distributors and Dispatchers, the published 10th percentile is $66,510 and the 90th percentile is $107,550. The difference is $41,040, which is 40.6% 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 $77,260 to the 75th at $103,200, covers $25,940.

The mean annual wage is $93,060, which sits below the median of $101,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Columbia, SC median is 5.4% lower than the national median of $106,730 for Power Distributors and Dispatchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $107,845, which is 1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.3% higher than the South Carolina median of $91,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Columbia, SC is 93.662, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $101,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Power Distributors and Dispatchers at $107,845 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 Power Distributors and Dispatchers. Columbia, SC ranks 1st 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 76 miles away, with a median of $98,800. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $101,492, against $107,845 here.
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 94 miles away, with a median of $88,150 and employment of 30. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,310, against $107,845 here.

Employment share

Power Distributors and Dispatchers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Columbia, SC (80 of 394,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.70 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.