Principal

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 5,000 people — is $102,440. School for the Deaf and Blind pays a median base salary of $117,011 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 68th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at School for the Deaf and Blind is $117,011, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Principal is held in 4 South Carolina departments. In School for the Deaf and Blind, the median of $117,011 ranks #3 of 4.

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $117,713 ranks #7 of 7. See Principal across all of South Carolina →