Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,000
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$17,810
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,540
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
$79,810
Kept after tax
$62,000
Worth in national money
$66,540
State rank
14
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,810, which ranks 14 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 1.57% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in South Carolina. It ranks 99 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,810 you keep $62,000, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $66,540 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- South Carolina ranks 14 of 48 states publishing a median for communications teachers, postsecondary, at $79,810 — about 1.57% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within South Carolina, communications teachers, postsecondary ranks 99 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for communications teachers, postsecondary on $79,810 is $62,000. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $66,540 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $80,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,660 |
| This salary | $79,810 |
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 | $62,000 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,976 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$325 |
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 | $75,580 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$449 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Carolina earn less than $79,810. The published range is $48,020 up to $105,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $62,000 take-home in South Carolina comes from $79,810. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 99 of 492.
- Two cautions on $66,540, the adjusted value of that $79,810 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Carolina. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 99 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for communications teachers, postsecondary in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,020 to $105,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $62,000, from $79,810, assumes a single South Carolina filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 99 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 48 for it.
- This $66,540 adjusted figure, worked from $79,810, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 99 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 99 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $48,020, the highest tenth $105,660, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $66,540.
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, $62,000 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,020) and the ninetieth ($105,660) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $66,540 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 $62,000 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.