Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in South Carolina

What secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education actually earn in South Carolina

The full published wage distribution (May 2025), not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile

$48,740

25th percentile

$55,790

Median

$62,580

75th percentile

$76,600

90th percentile

$80,700

How South Carolina compares

• Against the rest of the country. $62,580 in South Carolina against $72,040 nationally for the same occupation, which puts South Carolina 32nd of the 51 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
• Against other work in South Carolina. $62,580 against $46,490, the median across every occupation in the state — 35% above it.
• How much of this work is here. The occupation is about as concentrated here as nationally (1.02× the national share of employment), 30th of 51 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation (May 2025). Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

What people study to get here, and where in South Carolina

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

Program figures are the median earnings of each program's graduates four years after completing (federal-aid recipients who worked and were not enrolled), not the pay of this occupation; the typical program is the median across the state's programs with at least 30 graduates measured.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.