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Title: Red-Teamer hourly rate in South Carolina, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Red-Teamer pay in South Carolina: median wage $75 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $95. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

SC · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Red-Teamer hourly rate in South Carolina

The market median wage for a Red-Teamer in South Carolina is **$75.02 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$95 an hour** on Deftridge, +6% against the United States rate.

**$95/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$75.02/hr** median wage

**$55-96** middle half of wages

**$2,060** a month at 5 hours a week

## Red-Teamer wage percentiles in South Carolina

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $41.84 | $910 | $87,000 |
| 25th | $55.35 | $1,200 | $115,100 |
| Median | $75.02 | $1,630 | $156,000 |
| 75th | $95.85 | $2,080 | $199,400 |
| 90th | $111.97 | $2,430 | $232,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 179,430 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## South Carolina in numbers

What sets South Carolina apart for a Red-Teamer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+3%** median wage against the United States median of $72.77

- **14th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **179,430** people employed in the role in this place

- **$75.02** median wage in the Columbia metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Red-Teamer in South Carolina by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $95 | $2,060 |
| Manager | $115 | $2,490 |

- AI expert review **$95**

## Red-Teamer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Red-Teamer, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage South Carolina ranks **14 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $95.30 | $120 |
| Washington | $82.23 | $105 |
| Delaware | $80.51 | $100 |
| Colorado | $76.16 | $95 |
| Hawaii | $75.54 | $95 |
| Arizona | $75.27 | $95 |
| South Carolina | $75.02 | $95 |
| New Jersey | $74.00 | $90 |
| Idaho | $73.26 | $90 |
| Wyoming | $72.84 | $90 |

## Metro areas in South Carolina

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Columbia $75.02/hr median wage · range $55-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Florence $75.02/hr median wage · range $55-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Myrtle Beach $75.02/hr median wage · range $55-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Sumter $75.02/hr median wage · range $55-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Spartanburg $64.14/hr median wage · range $48-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Greenville $62.50/hr median wage · range $45-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Charleston $59.55/hr median wage · range $49-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

- [Hilton Head Island $57.75/hr median wage · range $49-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/south-carolina/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Red-Teamer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/) · [Red-Teamer jobs in South Carolina](https://deftridge.com/jobs/red-teamer/south-carolina/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
