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Direct support professional jobs in South Carolina

open direct support professional jobs in South Carolina at . BLS measures a median of $14.48 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina) for home health and personal care aides here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the direct support professional jobs are in South Carolina

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What direct support professionals earn in South Carolina

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in South Carolina

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in South Carolina, May 2025

$14.48/hr ($30,110 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina)

Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national) for the whole US; 40,750 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Carolina) employed in South Carolina.

By metro area

  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$16.19/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC) · 13,520 (source: BLS OEWS, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC) employed
  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$14.33/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC) · 8,190 (source: BLS OEWS, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC) employed
  • Columbia, SC$14.53/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Columbia, SC) · 7,740 (source: BLS OEWS, Columbia, SC) employed
  • Charleston-North Charleston, SC$16.40/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Charleston-North Charleston, SC) · 4,340 (source: BLS OEWS, Charleston-North Charleston, SC) employed
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$13.81/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC) · 3,920 (source: BLS OEWS, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC) employed
  • Spartanburg, SC$14.51/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Spartanburg, SC) · 3,160 (source: BLS OEWS, Spartanburg, SC) employed
  • Florence, SC$14.40/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Florence, SC) · 2,270 (source: BLS OEWS, Florence, SC) employed
  • Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$14.85/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC) · 2,220 (source: BLS OEWS, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC) employed
  • Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$14.29/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC) · 1,920 (source: BLS OEWS, Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC) employed
  • Sumter, SC$13.48/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Sumter, SC) · 890 (source: BLS OEWS, Sumter, SC) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in South Carolina

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

Direct support professional jobs in South Carolina: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in South Carolina?

Too few open direct support professional jobs in South Carolina post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $14.48/hr ($30,110 a year) for home health and personal care aides in South Carolina (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 41st highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in South Carolina are the most direct support professional jobs?

Spartanburg (9), Greenville (3), Columbia (2), Anderson (1) and Fountain Inn (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in South Carolina?

By open jobs on this board: Charles Lea Center (10), Community Options (7) and AFNB Home Care (2). In all, 3 employers have direct support professional jobs open in South Carolina.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in South Carolina?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from South Carolina's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in South Carolina, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in South Carolina, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in South Carolina. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/south-carolina

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