Boilermaker salary in South Carolina
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Boilermakers in South Carolina earn a median of $74,840 a year, or $35.98 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,000. That's 2% less than the national median of $76,410, 25th of 37 states and DC.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $34.52/hr
- Jobs in South Carolina
- not published
- After cost of living
- $79,830
- Median hourly pay
- $35.98/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −2%
- Rank among states
- 25th of 37
- Mean (average) pay
- $73,600 a year · $35.39 an hour
Pay by percentile
What boilermakers in South Carolina earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34.52 | $71,800 |
| 25th percentile | $35.98 | $74,830 |
| Median (50th) | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| 75th percentile | $36.36 | $75,630 |
| 90th percentile | $37.02 | $77,000 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Other trades in South Carolina
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in South Carolina list what contractors must pay boilermakers on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2011 (Boilermakers), area code 45. BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed boilermakers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (93.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures