Income/Average Wage

PERSONAL INCOME PER CAPITA:  how much each individual receives of the yearly income generated in the local MSA. The personal income of the residents of a given area divided by the resident population of the area. 

Per Capita Personal Income by MSA

 

Dollars

U.S. Rank, 2007

% Change From Preceding Period

 

2005

2006

2007

 

 

 

Spartanburg

27,179

28,261

29,396

289

4.0

4.0

Greenville

29,715

30,998

32,317

208

4.3

4.3

Columbia

31,001

32,614

33,943

166

5.2

4.1

Charleston

31,026

32,246

34,133

161

3.9

5.9

S.C.

28,292

30,041

31,103

 

 

 

U.S.

34,690

36,794

38,615

 

 

 

Bureau of Economic Analysis


2008 One-Year Income Estimates

 

Spartanburg County

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson CSA

S.C.

National

Per Capita Income

22,751

23,374

23,701

27,589

Median Household Income

45,185

44,075

44,625

52,029

Mean Household

57,681

58,205

59,942

71,498

Median Family Income

56,888

55,619

55,664

63,366

Mean Family Income

69,149

68,892

70,746

83,351

2005-2007 three-year estimate

Median worker earnings (age 16 and over)

26,451

26,486

26,347

29,868

American Community Survey

Estimated Average Wage, First Quarter 2009

 

Average Hourly Wage*

Average Weekly Wage

Average Annual Wage*

Spartanburg

$18.73

$749

$38,948

Greenville

$18.28

$731

$38,012

Richland

$19.55

$782

$40,664

Charleston

$18.48

$739

$38,428

SC

$17.30

$692

$35,984

US  

$22.05

$882

$45,864

*Assumes a 40-hour workweek, year round

Bureau of Labor Statistics