Chart: Workers in South Carolina paid less than workers across the South and workers nationally: Median hourly wages for South Carolina, the South, and the U.S., 2023 | Economic Policy Institute

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Workers in South Carolina paid less than workers across the South and workers nationally: Median hourly wages for South Carolina, the South, and the U.S., 2023

	2019	2023
South Carolina	$22.29	$22.46
South	$22.18	$22.57
United States	$23.11	$23.98

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Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey microdata.

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