Annual salary
$50,500
South Carolina · statewide schedule · 2026-27
South Carolina state teacher salary schedule, 2026-27
FY 2027 State Minimum Salary Schedule. This is the schedule the state itself publishes; districts add local supplements on top.
- South Carolina's 2026-27 state teacher salary schedule runs from $50,500 (Class 3 (Bachelors Degree), years of experience 0) to $80,500 (Class 8 (Dr Degree), years of experience 28+), per South Carolina Department of Education (effective ).
- Bachelor's lane (Class 3 (Bachelors Degree)): $50,500 at 0 years of experience to $64,500 at the top.
- Master's lane (Class 1 (Masters Degree)): $54,500 to $70,250.
- The grid has 4 lanes and 29 years of experience rows.
FY 2027 State Minimum Salary Schedule
| Years of experience \ Class | Class 8 (Dr Degree) | Class 7 (Masters Degree +30 Hrs) | Class 1 (Masters Degree) | Class 3 (Bachelors Degree) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $58,500 | $56,000 | $54,500 | $50,500 |
| 1 | $59,000 | $56,250 | $54,750 | $50,750 |
| 2 | $59,500 | $56,500 | $55,000 | $51,000 |
| 3 | $60,000 | $56,750 | $55,250 | $51,250 |
| 4 | $60,500 | $57,000 | $55,500 | $51,500 |
| 5 | $61,000 | $57,500 | $56,500 | $52,500 |
| 6 | $61,500 | $58,000 | $57,000 | $53,000 |
| 7 | $62,500 | $58,500 | $57,500 | $53,500 |
| 8 | $64,000 | $59,000 | $58,000 | $54,000 |
| 9 | $65,500 | $59,500 | $58,500 | $54,500 |
| 10 | $66,750 | $60,500 | $59,500 | $55,500 |
| 11 | $68,000 | $61,500 | $60,000 | $56,000 |
| 12 | $69,250 | $62,500 | $60,750 | $56,500 |
| 13 | $70,500 | $63,500 | $61,500 | $57,000 |
| 14 | $71,750 | $64,500 | $62,250 | $57,500 |
| 15 | $73,000 | $65,500 | $63,000 | $58,000 |
| 16 | $74,250 | $66,500 | $63,750 | $58,500 |
| 17 | $75,500 | $67,500 | $64,500 | $59,000 |
| 18 | $76,000 | $68,000 | $65,250 | $59,500 |
| 19 | $76,500 | $68,500 | $66,250 | $60,500 |
| 20 | $77,250 | $69,000 | $66,750 | $61,000 |
| 21 | $78,000 | $69,500 | $67,250 | $61,500 |
| 22 | $78,750 | $70,000 | $67,750 | $62,000 |
| 23 | $79,250 | $70,500 | $68,250 | $62,500 |
| 24 | $79,500 | $71,000 | $68,750 | $63,000 |
| 25 | $79,750 | $71,500 | $69,250 | $63,500 |
| 26 | $80,000 | $72,000 | $69,750 | $64,000 |
| 27 | $80,250 | $72,250 | $70,000 | $64,250 |
| 28+ | $80,500 | $72,500 | $70,250 | $64,500 |
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Per month (12)
$4,208.33
Next 5 steps in this class
| Years of experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,750 | +$250 |
| 2 | $51,000 | +$500 |
| 3 | $51,250 | +$750 |
| 4 | $51,500 | +$1,000 |
| 5 | $52,500 | +$2,000 |
Worked example as rendered: Class 3 (Bachelors Degree), years of experience 0 = $50,500 a year, $4,208.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
This is the state minimum salary schedule. South Carolina school districts adopt their own salary schedules and may pay above these amounts; the state schedule is the floor a district may not go below.
Lane order follows the document, which prints the highest class (Class 8, doctorate) first and the bachelor's class (Class 3) last.
The document prints steps 0 to 13 in a left block and steps 14 to 28+ in a right block on the same page; both blocks use the same four classes.
- Soft spot: The PDF carries no explanatory text of its own beyond the column headings, so the wording of the minimum-versus-district point is drawn from how SCDE titles and files the document rather than quoted from it.
South Carolina district schedules indexed
- Greenville County Schools2026-27
- Charleston County School District2025-26
- Horry County Schools2026-27
- Berkeley County School District2026-27
- Richland School District Two2026-27
- Lexington County School District One2025-26
- Abbeville 602025-26
- Aiken 012025-26
- Allendale 012025-26
- Anderson 012025-26
- Anderson 022025-26
- Anderson 032025-26
- Anderson 042025-26
- Anderson 052025-26
- Bamberg 032025-26
- Beaufort 012025-26
- Berkeley 012025-26
- Calhoun 012025-26
- Charleston 012025-26
- Cherokee 012025-26
- Chester 012025-26
- Chesterfield 012025-26
- Clarendon 062025-26
- Colleton 012025-26
- Darlington 012025-26
- Dillon 032025-26
- Dillon 042025-26
- Dorchester 022025-26
- Dorchester 042025-26
- Edgefield 012025-26
- Fairfield 012025-26
- Florence 012025-26
- Florence 022025-26
- Florence 032025-26
- Florence 052025-26
- Georgetown 012025-26
- Greenville 012025-26
- Greenwood 502025-26
- Greenwood 512025-26
- Greenwood 522025-26
- Hampton2025-26
- Horry 012025-26
- Jasper 012025-26
- Kershaw 012025-26
- Lancaster 012025-26
- Laurens 552025-26
- Laurens 562025-26
- Lee 012025-26
- Lexington 012025-26
- Lexington 022025-26
- Lexington 032025-26
- Lexington 042025-26
- Lexington 052025-26
- Marion 102025-26
- Marlboro 012025-26
- McCormick 012025-26
- Newberry 012025-26
- Oconee 012025-26
- Orangeburg2025-26
- Pickens 012025-26
- Richland 012025-26
- Richland 022025-26
- Saluda 012025-26
- Spartanburg 012025-26
- Spartanburg 022025-26
- Spartanburg 032025-26
- Spartanburg 042025-26
- Spartanburg 052025-26
- Spartanburg 062025-26
- Spartanburg 072025-26
- Sumter 012025-26
- Union 012025-26
- Williamsburg 012025-26
- York 012025-26
- York 022025-26
- York 032025-26
- York 042025-26
All South Carolina districts, with enrollment and what is indexed, are on the South Carolina page. Other statewide schedules: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.