Most of Mount Pleasant is in Charleston County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $56.45 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 3 ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,680 to $2,440 a month. At the middle rent, $2,140, a full-time job would need to pay $74.64 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29464 | Charleston County | $2,140/mo | $74.64/hr |
| 29465 | Charleston County | $1,680/mo | $56.64/hr |
| 29466 | Charleston County | $2,440/mo | $86.52/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Mount Pleasant needs to pay at least $56.45 an hour before taxes, about $117,421 a year. That is the figure for Charleston County, where the typical studio rent is $1,675 a month.
Yes. Across the 3 ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,680 to $2,440 a month. At the middle rent of $2,140, the pay needed would be $74.64 an hour.
The minimum wage in Charleston County is $7.25 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 7.8 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads