Teachers and Instructors, All Other in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,890
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,330
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,470
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
$60,220
Kept after tax
$48,890
Worth in national money
$52,470
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for teachers and instructors, all other. The median is $60,220, ranking 29 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Teachers and instructors, all other ranks 206 among 492 occupations South Carolina publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,220 you keep $48,890 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,470 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina occupies the middle band for teachers and instructors, all other: a median of $60,220, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 206 of 492 in South Carolina places teachers and instructors, all other 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.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $48,890 after the full tax stack, from $60,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,470 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,610 |
| This salary | $60,220 |
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 | $48,890 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$433 |
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 | $58,133 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$524 |
| 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 teachers and instructors, all other in South Carolina earn under $60,220 and half over. The published range runs $31,240 at the tenth percentile to $90,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,890 take-home in South Carolina comes from $60,220. 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 206 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of South Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,470, the adjusted value of that $60,220 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 206 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for teachers and instructors, all other in South Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,240 to $90,610; 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.
- Retained pay of $48,890, from $60,220, 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 206 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for South Carolina, so $52,470 — the adjusted value of that $60,220 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 206 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,240 and the top tenth $90,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in South Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,470 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $48,890 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,240) and the ninetieth ($90,610) 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 $52,470 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 $48,890 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.