SOC 29-1151 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Nurse Anesthetists make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Anesthetists in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $228,740. The 10th percentile is $167,110 and the 90th percentile is $413,420. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$228,740

10th percentile
$167,110
25th percentile
$223,940
Median
$228,740
75th percentile
$288,390
90th percentile
$413,420
Mean
$265,820

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Nurse Anesthetists, the published 10th percentile is $167,110 and the 90th percentile is $413,420. The difference is $246,310, which is 107.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $223,940 to the 75th at $288,390, covers $64,450.

The mean annual wage is $265,820, which sits above the median of $228,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charleston-North Charleston, SC median is 3.3% lower than the national median of $236,590 for Nurse Anesthetists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $226,560, which is 4.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.8% lower than the South Carolina median of $265,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $228,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Anesthetists at $226,560 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nurse Anesthetists. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 6th of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 86 miles away, with a median of $279,570 and employment of 40. That median is 22.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $298,552, against $226,560 here.
  • Columbia, SC is 94 miles away, with a median of $271,350 and employment of 210. That median is 18.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $289,712, against $226,560 here.
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 118 miles away, with a median of $211,310. That median is 7.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $229,927, against $226,560 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC · Nurse Anesthetists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Nurse Anesthetists make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Anesthetists in Charleston-North Charleston, SC is $228,740. The 10th percentile is $167,110 and the 90th percentile is $413,420.

How does that compare with the national median for Nurse Anesthetists?

The local median is 3.3% lower than the national median of $236,590.

What is Nurse Anesthetists pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $228,740 is $226,560. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Charleston-North Charleston, SC compare with nearby metros for Nurse Anesthetists?

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 86 miles away, at $279,570. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 6th of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.