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Registered nurse salary in South Carolina

Open registered nurse jobs in South Carolina post a median of $41.25 an hour, the middle half $37.25–$47.50 (about $85,800 a year full time), $7.75 below the national posted median. From 93 jobs at 17 employers that state their pay.

$41.25
Median posted /hr
$37–$48
Middle half /hr
$85,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$39.60
BLS median in SC
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Registered nurse jobs in South Carolina · Registered nurse pay nationwide

What registered nurses are paid in South Carolina

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 93 open jobs in South Carolina. Lowest posted $16, highest $75.

Posted on open jobs in South Carolina

$37.25–$47.50/hr

Middle half of 54 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $41.25. 5% of the 1,713 open registered nurse jobs in South Carolina state an hourly rate.

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Registered nurse pay by town in South Carolina

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Charleston$49.50$30–$65.7013 (2)
Columbia$45.75$32.65–$7510 (5)
Rock Hill$45.75$30–$7510 (6)
Myrtle Beach$48.75$30–$65.709 (2)
North Charleston$49.75$33.65–$56.508 (2)
Florence$38.75$30–$62.578 (3)
Greenville$41.25$30–$756 (5)
Lancaster$38.75$30–$506 (3)
Anderson$54.75$35–$655 (3)
Aiken$35.50$16–$555 (3)
Greenwood$33.50$29–$454 (3)
Piedmont$63.50$62–$653 (1)
Summerville$44$30–$56.503 (2)
Georgetown$42.50$30–$54.413 (2)
Spartanburg$37.50$30–$623 (3)
Camden$37$30–$453 (1)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Registered nurse pay by employer in South Carolina

What each employer posts for registered nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$50.75$35–$65.7029
BAYADA Home Health Care$31$30–$4015
Fundamental Healthcare$39$30–$5010
PACS Group$36$29–$608
Tenet Healthcare$65$62–$754
Advocate Health$44.50$35.50–$53.254
Acadia Healthcare$41.50$34–$504
Select Medical$47.50$35–$603
Option Care Health$46.50$34.95–$58.253
UnitedHealth Group$43.50$32.65–$62.573
CVS Health$41$26.01–$56.142
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.$39.75$32–$622
Amedisys$39.50$33.65–$44.872
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$42.25$33–$51.691
Marathon Health$40$35–$451
Care Hospice$35.50$33–$381
Giving Home Health Care$35.50$16–$551

Median of each employer's jobs in South Carolina (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for registered nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift registered nurse pay in South Carolina

Where one employer posts both night and other registered nurse jobs in the same state (9 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, SC$50.75 (7)$50.75 (22)
BAYADA Home Health Care, SC$31 (2)$31 (13)
PACS Group, SC$35.50 (2)$36 (6)
Select Medical, TN$42.75 (2)$47.50 (1)
Select Medical, SC$42.75 (2)$47.50 (1)
Select Medical, OH$47.50 (1)$47.50 (1)
Select Medical, GA$47.50 (1)$47.50 (1)
Select Medical, DE$47.50 (1)$47.50 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

20 open jobs in South Carolina state a yearly salary: a median of $89,600, the middle half $82,700 to $100,900.

Best-paid open registered nurse jobs in South Carolina

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in South Carolina

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, South Carolina. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Registered Nurses (29-1141)$32.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$37.17 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$39.60 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$46.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)$51.21 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)49,750 (source: BLS OEWS, Registered Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Registered nurse salary in South Carolina: common questions

How much does a registered nurse make in South Carolina?

Open registered nurse jobs in South Carolina that state an hourly rate post a median of $41.25, the middle half $37.25–$47.50 (93 jobs from 17 employers). Full time that is about $85,800 a year. BLS measured a median of $39.60/hr ($82,360 a year) for people employed in the occupation in South Carolina (May 2025).

Where in South Carolina do registered nurses earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Charleston ($49.50), Columbia ($45.75), Rock Hill ($45.75) and Myrtle Beach ($48.75). The town table lists 16.

Which employers in South Carolina pay registered nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Tenet Healthcare ($65), HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($50.75) and Select Medical ($47.50).

How does South Carolina compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in South Carolina ($41.25) is $7.75 below the national posted median of $49. In the BLS survey South Carolina ranks 39 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 93 of 1,713 open registered nurse jobs in South Carolina (5%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Registered nurse pay in other states

Registered nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Registered nurse salary in South Carolina. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/registered-nurse/south-carolina

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