Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,895
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$12,045
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,622
South Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in South Carolina — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$62,940
Kept after tax
$50,895
Worth in national money
$54,622
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. South Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $62,940, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 2.27% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations South Carolina reports figures for, this is number 177.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,940 you keep $50,895 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,622 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $62,770.
- South Carolina's median for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors is $62,940, about 2.27% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In South Carolina's occupational distribution, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors sits at 177 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $50,895 after the full tax stack, from $62,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,622 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,770 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,380 |
| This salary | $62,940 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in South Carolina | $50,895 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$336 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $60,628 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$406 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in South Carolina earn under $62,940 and half over. The published range runs $41,600 at the tenth percentile to $79,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In South Carolina the take-home figure of $50,895, from $62,940, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 177 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,622, the adjusted value of that $62,940 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 177 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,600 to $79,380; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for South Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,895 from $62,940. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 177 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $54,622 — the adjusted value of that $62,940 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 177 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $41,600 at the tenth percentile, $79,380 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. South Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $54,622 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and South Carolina's own levy, $50,895 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,600 to $79,380) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to South Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
South Carolina's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $54,622 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $50,895 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and South Carolina income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.