Talent Maps / Greenville-Spartanburg
Greenville-Spartanburg Engineering Talent Maps (2026)
Pay, employers, submarkets and hiring advice for engineers in Upstate South Carolina, one discipline at a time.
Upstate South Carolina engineers work for BMW at Plant Spartanburg, Michelin North America, GE Vernova’s gas turbine plant in Greenville, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 line and Duke Energy. Big projects include BMW’s $1.7 billion investment in Plant Spartanburg and Plant Woodruff, Isuzu’s new truck plant, Duke’s 1,365 MW gas plant in Anderson County and the $1 billion-plus County Square redevelopment in Greenville. Each map below covers both BLS metros, Greenville-Anderson-Greer and Spartanburg, with what engineers in one discipline earn, who employs them, where in the Upstate they work and what is competing for them. See our Greenville engineering recruiters and Spartanburg engineering recruiters.
Greenville-Spartanburg talent maps by discipline
Data center engineers
$101,620median electrical engineer pay, the main code for data center engineers in metro GreenvilleValara, DartPoints, DC BLOX and new county moratoriums.
View map →Electrical engineers
$101,620median pay in metro GreenvilleDuke’s Anderson plant, Valara power, DartPoints and BMW batteries.
View map →Mechanical engineers
$101,570median pay in metro GreenvilleGE Vernova turbines, BMW, Isuzu, Michelin and Duke’s Anderson plant.
View map →Civil engineers
$102,830median pay in metro GreenvilleI-85 corridor, ReWa, County Square and GSP runway work.
View map →Structural engineers
$102,830median civil engineer pay, the BLS group for structural engineers in metro GreenvilleArena renovation, JW Marriott, heart hospital and County Square towers.
View map →Controls engineers
$101,620median electrical engineer pay, the main code for controls engineers in metro GreenvilleGE Vernova turbines, BMW Woodruff robots and Duke’s Anderson plant.
View map →Aerospace engineers
$102,280median pay in metro GreenvilleF-16 line, GE Aerospace engines and Woodward’s Greer plant.
View map →Industrial and manufacturing engineers
$101,300median pay in metro GreenvilleBMW, Isuzu’s new truck plant and Inland Port Greer.
View map →Architects
$103,090median pay in metro GreenvilleCounty Square, Spartanburg’s Project CORE and Prisma hospital expansions.
View map →CAD designers and drafters
$62,480median architectural and civil drafter pay in metro GreenvilleWoodruff Road relief, Isuzu, County Square and BMW.
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