South Carolina / Commission on Indigent Defense / Attorney-Unclassified
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
19 employees hold this title in Commission on Indigent Defense. Median total compensation for the role is $221,925, above the department median of $131,000.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 19 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Lawyers — about 7,890 people — is $120,310. Commission on Indigent Defense pays a median base salary of $221,925 for this role, 84% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Commission on Indigent Defense’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Commission on Indigent Defense’s median base salary is 39% above that national figure, about the 75th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the South Carolina range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Commission on Indigent Defense is $221,925, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Attorney-Unclassified is held in 8 South Carolina departments. In Commission on Indigent Defense, the median of $221,925 ranks #1 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Attorney-Unclassified role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Attorney-Unclassified/Commission on Indigent Defense
At Commission on Indigent Defense, Robert Bank serves as a Attorney-Unclassified. Their 2026 pay totaled $100,000.