Project Manager Salary in South Carolina (2026)

Worth knowing: BMW Manufacturing Co. Spartanburg's new model launch + plant expansion PM organization is one of the country's largest single-OEM automotive PM environments outside Detroit + the original Toyota Kentucky + Mercedes Alabama sites — a feature most national PM surveys understate for SC. BMW Spartanburg (BMW Group's largest global plant by output, producing ~450K vehicles annually as X3/X5/X6/X7/XM crossover SUV manufacturing center for the global BMW market) operates substantial new model launch + capacity expansion + EV transition PM — BMW's planned $1B+ Plant Woodruff battery facility expansion (announced 2022, supporting BMW's Class 1 + Class 2 EV production for SC + global markets) is among the country's largest single EV-battery investments. Senior BMW Spartanburg PMs clear $135-200K TC. Boeing 787 North Charleston (the only Boeing 787 final assembly outside Everett WA, ~6K employees, post-2009 site selection following Washington labor disputes) operates substantial aerospace program PM at one of only 2 US Boeing widebody final assembly sites. Savannah River Site Aiken (~10K cleared DOE workforce) anchors cleared federal PM. SC's 6.5% top bracket catches Senior PM + Director comp at $250K+ TC but is substantially lower than OR/MN's 9.85-9.9% tops. SC is RTW since 1954 with ~2.5% union density.