Pay distribution $45,440 10th $48,920 25th $62,700 75th $72,850 90th
Half of Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Sumter metro area earn more than $57,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,920 and $62,700.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $45,440 $48,920 $57,650 $62,700 $72,850
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Sumter metro areathis metro area
$57,650 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $48,920 to $62,700
$60,820 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $50,280 to $74,120
$63,970 median for United States; middle half earns $57,710 to $81,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs South Carolina overall and −10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $46,460 $65,857 $85,253 $104,650 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $46,460 Enid, OK — $46,840 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $47,100 Tucson, AZ — $47,220 Lawton, OK — $47,330 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,400 Hammond, LA — $47,470 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $47,600 Hattiesburg, MS — $47,650 Lafayette, LA — $47,770 Columbia, MO — $47,920 Alexandria, LA — $47,950 Jefferson City, MO — $47,960 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $47,980 Tulsa, OK — $48,220 Wilmington, NC — $48,240 Great Falls, MT — $48,320 Yuma, AZ — $48,360 Jacksonville, NC — $48,370 Sebring, FL — $48,660 Rocky Mount, NC — $48,670 Joplin, MO-KS — $48,770 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,780 Evansville, IN — $49,120 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,140 Goldsboro, NC — $49,240 Springfield, MO — $49,380 Manhattan, KS — $49,520 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,540 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,040 Asheville, NC — $50,080 Jackson, MS — $50,240 Texarkana, TX-AR — $50,270 Monroe, LA — $50,300 Lawrence, KS — $50,310 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,360 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,420 Lynchburg, VA — $50,470 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,540 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $50,820 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,300 Morgantown, WV — $51,380 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,400 Jackson, TN — $51,470 Lake Charles, LA — $51,520 San Angelo, TX — $51,590 Beckley, WV — $51,910 Mayaguez, PR — $52,120 Grand Junction, CO — $52,230 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $52,620 Abilene, TX — $53,480 Guayama, PR — $53,550 Port St. Lucie, FL — $53,610 Flagstaff, AZ — $53,900 Fayetteville, NC — $54,350 Tallahassee, FL — $55,020 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $55,140 Greenville, NC — $55,490 Jonesboro, AR — $56,270 Gainesville, FL — $56,430 Winston-Salem, NC — $56,510 Burlington, NC — $56,740 Charleston, WV — $57,020 Terre Haute, IN — $57,320 Victoria, TX — $57,430 Peoria, IL — $57,440 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,450 Ocala, FL — $57,540 Sumter, SC — $57,650 Hot Springs, AR — $57,730 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $57,770 Dubuque, IA — $57,840 College Station-Bryan, TX — $57,870 Gadsden, AL — $57,890 Helena, MT — $57,980 Kankakee, IL — $57,980 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $58,130 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,180 Missoula, MT — $58,240 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,300 Bloomington, IN — $58,410 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $58,580 Muncie, IN — $58,610 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $58,640 Wichita, KS — $58,640 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,680 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $58,780 Wheeling, WV-OH — $58,830 Wichita Falls, TX — $58,900 Topeka, KS — $58,950 Decatur, IL — $59,050 Waco, TX — $59,100 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,110 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,180 Lubbock, TX — $59,220 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,310 Cleveland, TN — $59,330 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $59,360 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $59,480 Rapid City, SD — $59,480 Wausau, WI — $59,500 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $59,590 Montgomery, AL — $59,610 Aguadilla, PR — $59,650 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,650 Ponce, PR — $59,660 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,730 Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,760 Fort Wayne, IN — $59,800 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $59,830 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $59,850 Fond du Lac, WI — $59,920 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $59,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,970 Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,030 Columbia, SC — $60,050 Bangor, ME — $60,080 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,120 Tyler, TX — $60,120 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,150 Greeley, CO — $60,160 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,170 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,190 Corpus Christi, TX — $60,210 Fargo, ND-MN — $60,210 Longview, TX — $60,210 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,220 Tuscaloosa, AL — $60,220 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,260 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,330 Eau Claire, WI — $60,340 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,350 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,470 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $60,470 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,510 Kenosha, WI — $60,530 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $60,580 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $60,600 Green Bay, WI — $60,600 St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,650 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $60,670 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $60,680 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $60,680 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $60,690 Bozeman, MT — $60,740 Niles, MI — $60,760 Charlottesville, VA — $60,770 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,780 Appleton, WI — $60,840 Pocatello, ID — $60,840 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $60,840 Iowa City, IA — $60,870 Twin Falls, ID — $60,890 Florence, SC — $60,910 Dothan, AL — $60,950 Mobile, AL — $60,970 Spartanburg, SC — $60,990 Bismarck, ND — $61,010 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,010 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,020 Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,060 Idaho Falls, ID — $61,080 Jacksonville, FL — $61,080 Decatur, AL — $61,090 Sheboygan, WI — $61,110 Colorado Springs, CO — $61,140 Cheyenne, WY — $61,150 Amarillo, TX — $61,170 Kokomo, IN — $61,180 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $61,200 Winchester, VA-WV — $61,200 Elmira, NY — $61,220 Arecibo, PR — $61,230 Boise City, ID — $61,230 Bowling Green, KY — $61,260 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,270 Richmond, VA — $61,290 Laredo, TX — $61,310 Johnson City, TN — $61,330 Midland, TX — $61,350 Minot, ND — $61,350 Columbus, GA-AL — $61,360 Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,430 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,430 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,460 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,460 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,480 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,510 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,510 Midland, MI — $61,540 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,610 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,650 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,650 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $61,680 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,720 Elizabethtown, KY — $61,840 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,850 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,900 Altoona, PA — $61,920 Lincoln, NE — $61,940 Knoxville, TN — $61,980 Pueblo, CO — $62,000 Roanoke, VA — $62,010 Paducah, KY-IL — $62,030 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $62,150 Huntsville, AL — $62,250 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $62,270 Springfield, IL — $62,340 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $62,370 Billings, MT — $62,390 Ames, IA — $62,430 Reno, NV — $62,430 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,510 Birmingham, AL — $62,630 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $62,660 Omaha, NE-IA — $62,670 Rochester, NY — $62,840 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $62,930 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,930 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $63,000 Owensboro, KY — $63,010 Odessa, TX — $63,020 Monroe, MI — $63,030 Mankato, MN — $63,070 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $63,110 Killeen-Temple, TX — $63,120 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,190 Toledo, OH — $63,250 Dalton, GA — $63,340 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $63,350 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $63,380 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $63,450 Valdosta, GA — $63,480 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $63,550 Ithaca, NY — $63,610 Madison, WI — $63,690 Savannah, GA — $63,710 Jackson, MI — $63,770 El Paso, TX — $63,800 Ogden, UT — $63,910 Mansfield, OH — $63,980 Ann Arbor, MI — $64,060 Rockford, IL — $64,200 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,260 Rome, GA — $64,360 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $64,500 Grand Island, NE — $64,530 Lewiston, ID-WA — $64,600 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,740 Gainesville, GA — $64,780 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $64,990 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,040 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,070 Battle Creek, MI — $65,090 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $65,210 Bloomington, IL — $65,590 Flint, MI — $65,620 Medford, OR — $65,830 Duluth, MN-WI — $65,840 Traverse City, MI — $66,020 Hinesville, GA — $67,090 Erie, PA — $69,920 Johnstown, PA — $71,300 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $71,830 St. George, UT — $72,100 Salisbury, MD — $72,250 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $72,560 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $72,930 Albany, OR — $72,960 Urban Honolulu, HI — $73,080 St. Cloud, MN — $73,160 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $73,380 Santa Fe, NM — $73,750 Saginaw, MI — $73,810 Warner Robins, GA — $74,000 Bay City, MI — $74,010 Las Cruces, NM — $74,100 Grants Pass, OR — $74,260 Williamsport, PA — $74,610 Logan, UT-ID — $74,790 Salem, OR — $74,810 Dover, DE — $75,080 Gettysburg, PA — $75,450 Albuquerque, NM — $75,520 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $75,530 Rochester, MN — $75,770 Lima, OH — $75,830 Lexington Park, MD — $76,170 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $76,400 Cleveland, OH — $76,470 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,490 Lebanon, PA — $76,490 Binghamton, NY — $76,540 Pittsburgh, PA — $76,550 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $76,570 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $76,590 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,600 Corvallis, OR — $76,710 Chambersburg, PA — $76,750 State College, PA — $76,760 Portland-South Portland, ME — $76,770 Farmington, NM — $76,840 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $76,910 Utica-Rome, NY — $77,010 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $77,030 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $77,160 Springfield, OH — $77,320 Harrisonburg, VA — $77,340 Bend, OR — $77,810 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,850 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $77,920 Canton-Massillon, OH — $77,940 Columbus, OH — $78,150 Vineland, NJ — $78,260 Lancaster, PA — $78,360 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,390 Glens Falls, NY — $78,470 Akron, OH — $78,560 Syracuse, NY — $78,560 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,570 Fresno, CA — $78,800 Pittsfield, MA — $78,910 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $79,040 Fairbanks-College, AK — $79,160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $79,240 Anchorage, AK — $79,270 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $79,470 Springfield, MA — $79,640 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $79,640 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,730 York-Hanover, PA — $79,730 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,800 New Haven, CT — $79,820 Reading, PA — $79,860 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $79,900 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $79,900 Longview-Kelso, WA — $79,910 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $80,360 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $80,480 Boulder, CO — $80,640 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $81,770 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,330 Worcester, MA — $82,810 Redding, CA — $83,780 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $83,840 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $86,720 Chico, CA — $95,000 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $96,900 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $97,000 Yuba City, CA — $97,000 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $97,400 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $97,620 Kingston, NY — $97,920 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $98,060 Yakima, WA — $98,330 Visalia, CA — $98,430 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $98,470 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $98,520 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $98,600 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $98,800 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $99,060 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $99,260 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $99,420 Merced, CA — $100,120 Salinas, CA — $100,220 Barnstable Town, MA — $100,320 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $100,340 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $100,380 El Centro, CA — $100,390 Napa, CA — $100,410 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $100,730 Vallejo, CA — $100,790 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $101,030 Bellingham, WA — $101,230 Modesto, CA — $101,640 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $101,860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,860 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $102,650 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $102,860 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,920 Walla Walla, WA — $102,980 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,390 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $104,650 Sumter metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Sumter metro area has the 315th-highest published median for this occupation among the 383 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in South Carolina Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for elementary school teachers, except special education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Sumter metro areathis page
$57,650 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $48,920 to $62,700
$64,990 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $52,550 to $82,710
$61,020 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $59,130 to $76,940
$60,990 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $49,800 to $63,130
$60,910 median for Florence metro area; middle half earns $49,120 to $61,590
$60,680 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $50,070 to $75,260
$60,050 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $50,710 to $62,650
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $60,110 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $26,180 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $57,430 Teachers and Instructors, All Other $60,220 Self-Enrichment Teachers $46,140 Substitute Teachers, Short-Term $22,050 Highest-paying metro areas for elementary school teachers · Highest-paying occupations in Sumter Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .