High School Teacher salary in Florence, SC

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings in the Florence, SC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Hartsville, Darlington, Effingham, Lamar.

Also listed as: Secondary School Teacher, Math Teacher

Median salary$63,085
Middle 50%$56.8k–$69.5k
vs. national median+8%comparison median $58,385
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,160 and $84,770.
PercentileSalary
10th$54,994
25th$56,832
50th (median)$63,085
75th$69,486
90th$76,179

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2021: median $52,556 (11 filings) FY2022: median $54,139 (12 filings) FY2023: median $54,941 (20 filings) FY2025: median $62,218 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 20 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 20
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–––2
FY2021$52,556$50,099$58,46711
FY2022$54,139$50,497$58,21112
FY2023$54,941$51,763$57,33320
FY2024–––7
FY2025$62,218$55,077$67,14616
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Florence's median High School Teacher salary of $63,085 is worth about $72,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Florence = 86.8).

Compared with all workers here

All Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Florence, SC area earned a median of $60,950 in May 2025 (700 employed). The H-1B median here is $63,085, 4% higher.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Darlington County School District$62,12517
Florence Public School District Onetoo few5

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $57,743 12
Mid-level · Level II too few 8
Senior · Level III too few 2
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$43,050$57,74312

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.