South Carolina / Department of Administration / Senior Auditor
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $74,570, below the department median of $85,784.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 15,270 people — is $76,560. Department of Administration pays a median base salary of $74,570 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Administration’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Department of Administration’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 36th 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 Department of Administration is $74,570, 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
Senior Auditor is held in 20 South Carolina departments. In Department of Administration, the median of $74,570 ranks #6 of 20.
Median total compensation for the Senior Auditor role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $68,595 ranks #9 of 13. See Senior Auditor across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Auditorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Senior Auditor/Department of Administration
At Department of Administration, Davis Batchelder serves as a Senior Auditor. Their 2026 pay totaled $74,570.