High school teacher · Charleston, SC
High school teacher in Charleston: $805/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median high school teacher wage in Charleston at $65,280 a year. About 2,430 high school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $49,270 and the 90th is $96,460. Pay ranks 152nd-highest of 369 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,588/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $805 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Warner Robins, about 219 miles away, at $1,762 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$805
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,280
$49,270 to $96,460
Rent (1 bd)
$1,588
$1,890 (2 bd)
Employment
2,430
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
152nd of 369
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, high school teacher pay of $65,280.
- Taxes$1,120
- Rent$1,588
- Other living costs$1,927
- Left over$805
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,280
- Federal income tax
- −$5,976
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,994
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,465
- Take-home pay
- $51,846
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,588
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,515
Left over each month
$5,440 gross, minus $1,120 in tax and $3,515 in living costs.
$805
Rank every metro for a high school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Warner Robins, $1,762/mo.
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Questions
What does a high school teacher make in Charleston?
$65,280 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,430 high school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a high school teacher in Charleston?
$805 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,588, and pay covers 3.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a high school teacher keep more?
Warner Robins, about 219 miles away, leaves $1,762 a month, more than Charleston.