The annual salary statistics of nuclear engineers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of nuclear engineers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $97,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $106,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $111,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $117,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $122,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nuclear engineers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $122,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $111,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $97,150.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nuclear engineers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $111,810 | -2.58% | 17.82% |
| 2019 | $114,690 | 19.88% | - |
| 2015 | $91,890 | 0.87% | - |
| 2014 | $91,090 | -0.88% | - |
| 2012 | $91,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $111,810 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for nuclear engineers in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of nuclear engineers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 12.1 percent (12.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Augusta-Richmond County and 9.0 percent (9.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Greenville-Mauldin-Easley.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Augusta-Richmond County | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway | |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Florence | |
| Columbia | |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley |