The Palmetto Pay Gap

It is becoming clear that working South Carolinians earn considerably less than workers in North Carolina, Georgia, and the United States as a whole – and that this "Palmetto Pay Gap" is growing.

The purpose of this web page is to serve as a sort of library for information related to this problem. If you know of a resource we should add to the ones below, please write us.

Articles, Speeches

• The Palmetto Pay Gap: SC Wages Compared with NC, GA, and the US - May 2002

• Who in South Carolina Makes the Most Money ... and the Least? - May 2002

• Why We Make Less ... and Why It Matters - May 2002

• SC Per Capita Personal Income, 1950-1998 - Dec 1999

• We've Become Borderline Third World - Darla Moore's speech to the SC General Assembly - May 13, 1998

Tables, Charts, Graphs

• Average South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and US Annual Wages - 2000 - for 22 major occupational groups - table

  Average SC, NC, and GA Wages as a Percentage of US Wages - 2000 - for 22 major occupational groups - controls for inflation - table

• Average Hourly Earnings - SC, NC, GA, and All US Manufacturing Workers - 1950-2001 - graph

News Releases

• The Palmetto Pay Gap: South Carolina Wages Trail Neighbors' - May 7, 2002

Links

• Palmetto Institute - a new nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational organization that wants to increase per capita income in South Carolina