Travel OT · South Carolina · Q3 2026
Travel Occupational Therapist pay benchmark in South Carolina
Modeled weekly gross wage benchmark
Pre-tax model on a 36-hour week after a disclosed 30% agency-margin assumption. It excludes travel and housing stipends, overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, benefits, and reimbursements. Not a package quote, paycheck, or job offer. How we compute this →
As of 2026-07-19, PayBeacon’s travel Occupational Therapist benchmark for South Carolina is $2,328/week before tax, modeled from May 2025 BLS wages and FY2024 CMS contract-labor filings; it excludes stipends and premium-pay components.
What this benchmark says
- South Carolina ranks #13 of 52 covered states and jurisdictions for travel OT modeled gross wages.
- This state is 6.7% above the OT median among covered states and jurisdictions ($2,181/week).
- The modeled p25–p75 band spans $639/week, or 27.4% of the point estimate.
- The state contract premium uses 51 valid hospital filings, a broad sample by PayBeacon’s published thresholds.
- The latest validated source release changed the benchmark by +$262/week (+12.7%) from the prior published snapshot.
- Modeled hourly wage
- $64.66pre-tax · 36-hour week
- Blended facility contract cost
- $92.38derived from direct-patient-care contract costs in CMS filings
- Local staff wage
- $48.62median for staff in this state, BLS
- Contract premium
- 1.90×contract vs staff, SC state · 51 hospitals
- OEWS employment
- 1,840staff jobs in the BLS sample
- State rank
- #13 of 52covered states and jurisdictions for OT
- Difference from peer median
- +6.7%state median $2,181/wk
Each point is a validated government-source snapshot published on the date shown. This is release history—not a live-job-rate time series.
Vintages — BLS OEWS: May 2025 · CMS HCRIS: FY2024 · State caps: CY2026. Materially updated 2026-07-19. Premium computed from 51 hospital filings (SC state). This is an allied role — the contract premium is nursing-anchored, so treat the estimate as directional.
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Travel OT pay across South Carolina metros
Compare all 3 covered South Carolina metros with the statewide $2,328/week benchmark. The difference column compares each metro with this state benchmark; it is not a live job-rate change.
| Metro | Weekly | Hourly | Vs. state | State order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, SC | $2,363 | $65.64 | +1.5% | #1 of 3 |
| Greenville–Anderson, SC | $2,356 | $65.44 | +1.2% | #2 of 3 |
| Charleston–North Charleston, SC | $2,268 | $63.00 | -2.6% | #3 of 3 |
Travel OT pay in nearby & major metros
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