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Salary · Medical Assistant · BLS OEWS May 2025 · metropolitan area

Medical Assistant salary in Greenville, SC: $44,860 median.

BLS reports occupational wages for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 24860), which includes Greenville, Anderson and Greer and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Greenville city limits.

Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · metropolitan statistical area
Annual wage range · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · BLS May 2025
$44,860median ($21.57/hr)

Quick answer

Medical Assistants in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $44,860 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 31-9092); the OEWS mean annual wage was $42,740. That median is 2% below the U.S. median of $45,690. BLS estimates about 2,550 people work in this occupation across the metro.

Data Among the 224 metro areas whose estimate for this occupation meets TryHired's reliability rule, this metro ranks 97 by median wage.

Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area at 93.3 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 7% below the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary.

Geography

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Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.

Search label
Greenville, SC
BLS source geography
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
Geography type
Metropolitan Statistical Area
CBSA code
24860
States
South Carolina
Delineation
OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Comparison

Local, state and national pay

Data Same occupation (SOC 31-9092), same BLS release (May 2025).

Local, state and national pay
GeographyMedian annual wageMean annual wageEmployment
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (metro, CBSA 24860)$44,860$42,7402,550
South Carolina (state)$41,160$42,34012,110
United States$45,690$46,120817,870

Medical Assistant salary in South Carolina · National Medical Assistant salary · Careers in Greenville, SC.

Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +12.9% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.

In South Carolina

Reliable metro medians in South Carolina

Data Metro areas that include part of this state and pass the reliability rule.

  1. Charlotte, NC$46,520
  2. Charleston, SC$45,600
  3. Greenville, SC$44,860
  4. Hilton Head Island, SC$43,610
  5. Spartanburg, SC$40,930
  6. Columbia, SC$40,680
  7. Myrtle Beach, SC$38,950
  8. Augusta, GA$38,470
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BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 24860) and SOC 31-9092 (Medical Assistants). Greenville, SC is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “medical assistant salary greenville sc”, “medical assistant salary greenville, sc”, “medical assistant salary in greenville sc” (Ahrefs, U.S.).

What this page can't tell you
  • Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
  • Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
  • Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
Sources
  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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