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Highest paying school districts in South Carolina

Ranked from the districts' own published salary schedules, not from survey averages or self-reported figures. Every row links to that district's full step-and-lane grid and the document it was read from.

Highest starting salary on the bachelor's column

DistrictYearStartingColumnEnrollment
1. Charleston 012025-26$67,382Bachelors - Class 350,400
2. Charleston County School District2025-26$60,146Bachelor's Degree (BACH)50,400
3. Beaufort 012025-26$60,087Bachelors - Class 321,489
4. Berkeley County School District2026-27$57,906Bachelor's (3A)39,265
5. Berkeley 012025-26$56,770Bachelors - Class 339,265
6. Greenville County Schools2026-27$54,606Bachelor's78,371
7. Horry County Schools2026-27$54,142Bachelor (Grade 28)48,205
8. York 042025-26$52,500Bachelors - Class 318,396
9. Chester 012025-26$52,055Bachelors - Class 34,590
10. Horry 012025-26$52,029Bachelors - Class 348,205
11. Richland School District Two2026-27$52,019Bachelors28,917
12. Lexington County School District One2025-26$52,000Bachelors27,105
13. Anderson 032025-26$52,000Bachelors - Class 32,695
14. Anderson 052025-26$52,000Bachelors - Class 312,478
15. Lexington 012025-26$52,000Bachelors - Class 327,105
16. York 032025-26$52,000Bachelors - Class 316,316
17. Greenville 012025-26$51,841Bachelors - Class 378,371
18. Aiken 012025-26$51,567Bachelors - Class 323,103
19. York 012025-26$51,555Bachelors - Class 34,993
20. Anderson 022025-26$51,502Bachelors - Class 33,512
21. Anderson 012025-26$51,500Bachelors - Class 311,001
22. Anderson 042025-26$51,500Bachelors - Class 33,103
23. Dorchester 022025-26$51,500Bachelors - Class 326,547
24. Lexington 042025-26$51,500Bachelors - Class 33,475
25. Oconee 012025-26$51,500Bachelors - Class 310,076

Highest cell anywhere on the schedule

The top of a schedule is normally the most senior step of the highest education column, so this is what a long-serving teacher with the most credits can reach, not a typical salary.

DistrictYearTop cellColumnEnrollment
1. Charleston County School District2025-26$125,726Doctorate Degree (DCTR)50,400
2. Charleston 012025-26$125,726Doctorate - Class 850,400
3. Berkeley County School District2026-27$118,051Doctorate (8A)39,265
4. Berkeley 012025-26$115,737Doctorate - Class 839,265
5. Greenville County Schools2026-27$111,221Doctorate78,371
6. Beaufort 012025-26$110,198Doctorate - Class 821,489
7. Greenville 012025-26$107,188Doctorate - Class 878,371
8. Horry County Schools2026-27$106,461Doctorate (Grade 35)48,205
9. Lexington County School District One2025-26$103,184Doctors27,105
10. Horry 012025-26$102,326Doctorate - Class 848,205
11. Aiken 012025-26$101,072Doctorate - Class 823,103
12. Dorchester 022025-26$99,186Doctorate - Class 826,547
13. Spartanburg 042025-26$98,690Doctorate - Class 82,886
14. Spartanburg 052025-26$98,690Doctorate - Class 810,670
15. Spartanburg 072025-26$98,690Doctorate - Class 87,518
16. York 022025-26$98,425Doctorate - Class 89,154
17. York 042025-26$98,418Doctorate - Class 818,396
18. Anderson 022025-26$98,390Doctorate - Class 83,512
19. Lexington 022025-26$98,099Doctorate - Class 88,544
20. Jasper 012025-26$94,676Doctorate - Class 82,666
21. Richland School District Two2026-27$94,538Doctorate28,917
22. Anderson 032025-26$94,488Doctorate - Class 82,695
23. Lexington 052025-26$94,136Doctorate - Class 817,278
24. Calhoun 012025-26$94,006Doctorate - Class 81,522
25. Anderson 052025-26$93,735Doctorate - Class 812,478

Coverage grows as more South Carolina schedules are parsed. See all 76 South Carolina districts, or the national rankings.