Tellers in South Carolina

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

South Carolina industry employment changed 1.7 percentage points above the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Tellers in South Carolina.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitationEvidence record

Occupation pay

What Tellers earn in South Carolina

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$42,280South Carolina
Middle 50% of published wages
$37,820 – $46,110
U.S. median annual wage
$43,030
Reference period
May 2025

The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around South Carolina

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Tellers, compared with the South Carolina median of $42,280.

South Carolina median$42,280
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,910+8.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$39,910 – $47,920Published employment1,260
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,430+7.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$39,190 – $47,270Published employment680
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$45,360+7.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$39,130 – $46,570Published employment640
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,310+7.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$39,580 – $46,870Published employment150
Spartanburg, SC$44,430+5.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$38,580 – $46,440Published employment230
Columbia, SC$43,560+3.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$37,750 – $46,030Published employment690
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Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$38,680−8.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$36,500 – $46,010Published employment360
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$38,380−9.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$35,640 – $44,390Published employment460
Florence, SC$37,470−11.4% vs. state
Middle 50%$36,830 – $42,600Published employment210
Sumter, SC$37,090−12.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$34,100 – $41,970Published employment100

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the South Carolina median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in South Carolina’s weighted industry mix.

+2.0%Industry employmentSouth Carolina industry employmentU.S. +0.3%vs. +0.3% U.S.
-1.8%Establishments in weighted industriesSouth Carolina establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +2.1%vs. +2.1% U.S.
+8.3%Avg. weekly industry wageSouth Carolina avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +7.9% · not occupation payvs. +7.9% U.S. · not occupation pay
+1.7 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Published coverage: 20,616 represented establishments, 97.82% of the published industry mix.

Latest interpretation

What stands out for tellers in South Carolina

The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.

South Carolina leads the U.S. on weighted-industry employment

Employment across the industries associated with Tellers changed +2.0% year over year in South Carolina, 1.7 percentage points above the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Occupation pay is close to the national median

The published median annual wage for Tellers in South Carolina is $42,280, 1.7% below the U.S. median of $43,030.

BLS OEWS occupation pay

Employment and establishment counts moved in opposite directions

Weighted-industry employment changed +2.0% while the number of establishments changed -1.8%. The measures are descriptive and do not establish why they diverged.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.

Employment trends

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values
  • South Carolina · 2026 Q1+2.0%
  • U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%
View every published value
Quarterly South Carolina industry employment changes and coverage
QuarterSouth CarolinaCoverage
2024 Q2+1.9%100%
2024 Q3+1.6%100%
2024 Q4+1.5%100%
2025 Q1+2.9%100%
2025 Q2+3.3%100%
2025 Q3+2.5%100%
2025 Q4+2.4%100%
2026 Q1+2.0%100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows South Carolina’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters
8
Earliest quarter
2024 Q2
Latest quarter
2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark
+0.3%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Tellers Work

The occupation mix determines which South Carolina industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the South Carolina Tellers context
Industry groupOccupation mixEmployment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly industry wage
Financial activities97.7%+2.1%20,616$2,195
Professional and business services2.0%+0.4%47,623$1,591
Private education and health services0.1%+5.1%22,668$1,186
Other services0.1%+0.8%11,829$968
State and local0.1%-0.5%3,297$1,203
Leisure and hospitality0.0%+1.5%16,222$509

Which industries are growing?

4 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive South Carolina employment change are listed.

  • Private education and health services+5.1%
  • Financial activities+2.1%
  • Leisure and hospitality+1.5%
  • Other services+0.8%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current South Carolina context

Current South Carolina Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in South Carolina. They are not Tellers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · South Carolina

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

123.8Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Sep 25, 2026
+23.8%Versus the February 2020 baseline
+2.0%Change over about four weeksAug 28, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

View values: Indeed postings index
Indeed postings index
Observation dateIndex (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jun 26, 2026121.79
Jul 3, 2026121.86
Jul 10, 2026120.84
Jul 17, 2026120.00
Jul 24, 2026121.18
Jul 31, 2026121.44
Aug 7, 2026120.57
Aug 14, 2026119.88
Aug 21, 2026120.13
Aug 28, 2026121.43
Sep 4, 2026122.01
Sep 11, 2026123.41
Sep 18, 2026123.65
Sep 25, 2026123.83

This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Questions answered by this release

Tellers in South Carolina FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Tellers in South Carolina?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the South Carolina industries weighted to Tellers changed +2.0% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.

Are wages for Tellers rising in South Carolina?

QCEW does not publish pay for Tellers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +8.3% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this South Carolina industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current Tellers openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

Occupation
Tellers
SOC code
43-3071
State
South Carolina
QCEW release label
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year
+2.0%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year
+0.3%
Difference from U.S. benchmark
+1.7 percentage points
Establishments, year over year
-1.8%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year
+8.3%State data coverage 100%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035
BLS publication date
Aug 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
Calculation date
Sep 30, 2026
Canonical record URL
https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/south-carolina#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.

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