SOC 29-1141 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Registered Nurses make in Florence, SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Registered Nurses in Florence, SC is $81,170. The 10th percentile is $65,710 and the 90th percentile is $174,900. Employment is 3,120.

Median annual wage

$81,170

10th percentile
$65,710
25th percentile
$66,860
Median
$81,170
75th percentile
$125,840
90th percentile
$174,900
Mean
$100,700

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Registered Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $65,710 and the 90th percentile is $174,900. The difference is $109,190, which is 134.5% 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 $66,860 to the 75th at $125,840, covers $58,980.

The mean annual wage is $100,700, which sits above the median of $81,170. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence, SC median is 16.8% lower than the national median of $97,550 for Registered Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,542, which is 4.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the South Carolina median of $82,360.

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 $81,170 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Registered Nurses at $93,542 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Registered Nurses. Florence, SC ranks 23rd of 26 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 $86,260 and employment of 670. That median is 6.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,000, against $93,542 here.
  • Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 50 miles away, with a median of $80,640 and employment of 3,150. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,115, against $93,542 here.
  • Columbia, SC is 71 miles away, with a median of $81,920 and employment of 9,400. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,463, against $93,542 here.

Employment share

Registered Nurses accounts for 3.5% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence, SC (3,120 of 89,060). Nationally the occupation is 2.2% of employment (3,379,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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 Registered Nurses make in Florence, SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Registered Nurses in Florence, SC is $81,170. The 10th percentile is $65,710 and the 90th percentile is $174,900. Employment is 3,120.

How does that compare with the national median for Registered Nurses?

The local median is 16.8% lower than the national median of $97,550.

What is Registered Nurses 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 $81,170 is $93,542. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Florence, SC compare with nearby metros for Registered Nurses?

Sumter, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 37 miles away, at $86,260. Florence, SC ranks 23rd of 26 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.