Registered Nurses · SOC 29-1141
Registered Nurse Salary in the South Carolina
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Carolina
Figures describe the state of South Carolina as a whole.
Registered Nurses in the South Carolina earned a median of $82,360 per year ($39.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $66,860 at the 10th percentile to $106,520 at the 90th. BLS estimates 49,750 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Registered Nurses in the South Carolina earn more than $82,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,320 and $97,230.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $66,860 | $77,320 | $82,360 | $97,230 | $106,520 |
| Hourly | $32.14 | $37.17 | $39.60 | $46.75 | $51.21 |
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
- South Carolina$82,360 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $77,320 to $97,230
- United Statesnational$97,550 median for United States; middle half earns $80,330 to $112,350
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in South Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for registered nurses, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- South Carolinathis page$82,360 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $77,320 to $97,230
- $92,800 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $78,260 to $98,410
- $86,260 median for Sumter metro area; middle half earns $72,710 to $90,480
- $82,360 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $70,250 to $85,470
- $81,920 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $75,940 to $96,190
- $81,400 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $78,060 to $96,580
- $81,400 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $67,180 to $94,140
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for registered nurses · Highest-paying occupations in South Carolina
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.