Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,384
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,506
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,000
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
$60,890
Kept after tax
$49,384
Worth in national money
$53,000
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. South Carolina pays this job around $60,890 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 199 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where South Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,890 you keep $49,384, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,000 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,850, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For kindergarten teachers, except special education the South Carolina median is $60,890, ranking 28 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 199 of 492 in South Carolina places kindergarten teachers, except special education in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and South Carolina income tax, retained pay for kindergarten teachers, except special education on $60,890 is $49,384. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,000 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 $60,850 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,090 |
| This salary | $60,890 |
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 | $49,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$409 |
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 | $58,748 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$495 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,890 as a midpoint for South Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,730 and the ninetieth is $79,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind South Carolina's $49,384, worked from $60,890. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 199 of 492.
- Two cautions on $53,000, the adjusted value of that $60,890 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 199 of 492 locally.
- The South Carolina median of $60,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,730 to $79,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The South Carolina take-home of $49,384, on $60,890 for work ranking 199 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 199 of 492 in the state.
- This $53,000 adjusted figure, worked from $60,890, 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 199 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,730 at the bottom tenth to $79,090 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $53,000 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, $49,384 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,730 to $79,090) 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 $53,000 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 $49,384 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.