Entry-level High School Teacher salary in Charleston, SC

Based on 26 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Summerville, North Charleston, Dorchester, Harleyville.

Also listed as: Secondary School Teacher, Math Teacher

Median salary$62,938
Middle 50%$58.4k–$69.6k
vs. all levels here+2%comparison median $61,649
Filings26FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $53,177 and $79,648.
PercentileSalary
10th$55,407
25th$58,373
50th (median)$62,938
75th$69,573
90th$73,382

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2024: median $52,331 (14 filings) FY2025: median $61,649 (15 filings) FY2026: median $64,478 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 0 filings FY22 FY2023: 0 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 15
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––1
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––0
FY2023–––0
FY2024$52,331$49,676$57,59414
FY2025$61,649$57,729$66,30615
FY2026$64,478$58,783$71,21011

Cost of living

Charleston's median entry-level High School Teacher salary of $62,938 is worth about $62,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Charleston = 101.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Charleston, SC area earned a median of $65,280 in May 2025 (2,430 employed). The H-1B median here is $62,938, 4% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Dorchester School District Two$62,93826

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $62,938 26
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$44,600$62,93826

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.