Pharmacist Salary in South Carolina (2026)

Worth knowing: South Carolina operates two AVMA-accredited PharmD-granting institutions — USC College of Pharmacy Columbia (founded 1925, ~140 PharmD students/yr, the largest SC pharmacy school) + MUSC College of Pharmacy Charleston (founded 1881 as one of the oldest US pharmacy schools, ~85 PharmD students/yr) — and the dual-school pipeline supports the substantial SC retail + hospital + ambulatory pharmacy workforce that national pharmacist-career surveys understate. USC College of Pharmacy + MUSC College of Pharmacy combined graduate ~225 PharmDs/yr, supporting SC's pharmacy practice across Prisma Health + MUSC + Roper + Bon Secours health systems plus substantial retail pharmacy at Publix + Walgreens + CVS + Harris Teeter. MUSC Hollings Cancer Center pharmacy operates substantial oncology specialty pharmacy supporting MUSC's NCI-designated cancer center (the only NCI center in SC) — substantial chemotherapy + immunotherapy + cellular therapy pharmacy practice at academic medical center scale supporting senior specialty pharmacists at $118-155K TC. Publix Super Markets (the country's largest employee-owned supermarket chain with ~290 SC locations) operates substantial SC retail pharmacy — Publix's distinctive employee-ownership culture supports retail pharmacist retention. SC's 6.5% top bracket has limited impact on most pharmacist comp (most senior pharmacist comp lands $112-175K range below the top bracket). SC has 0% income tax up to $3,460 first bracket + RTW since 1954.