What is the average weekly pay in Chester County?

Across the 10 trades on this page, the middle one pays $930 a week. The highest pays $2,057 and the lowest $333.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Chester County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Chester County · South Carolina · United States

What trades pay in Chester County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Chester County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$930 Median weekly pay across these 10 trades. $2,057 — $333.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 14 businesses · 60 employees	$2,057$106,988 a year	+54.4%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 6 businesses · 30 employees	$1,119$58,202 a year	+0.1%flat
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 13 businesses · 113 employees	$1,043$54,211 a year	+6.5%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 8 businesses · 16 employees	$986$51,247 a year	—
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 5 businesses · 25 employees	$930$48,366 a year	+6.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 7 businesses · 48 employees	$523$27,205 a year	+22.8%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 9 businesses · 77 employees	$505$26,257 a year	+15.8%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 3 businesses · 133 employees	$376$19,529 a year	-6.7%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 20 businesses · 360 employees	$345$17,925 a year	+1.5%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 15 businesses · 187 employees	$333$17,337 a year	—

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses1,634

Employees16,127

Annual payroll$641,742

Net movement of people+245People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Chester County. Same trade, different pay.

York County539
Other flows - Different State237
Other flows - South202
Lancaster County184

Other counties in South Carolina

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Chester County?: Across the 10 trades on this page, the middle one pays $930 a week. The highest pays $2,057 and the lowest $333.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Chester County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.