South Carolina / Department of Corrections / Correctional Officer
Job-title file
Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.
490 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $54,682, below the department median of $63,461.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 490 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 Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 4,870 people — is $47,890. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $54,682 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Correctional Officers and Jailers across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Corrections’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 380,500 people — is $58,940. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 40th 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.
Computed over the 489 of 490 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Corrections is $54,682, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $54,682 ranks #9 of 16. See Correctional Officer across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Officerroles 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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Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Rotasia Myers Smith works as a Correctional Officer for Department of Corrections. Rotasia earned $96,090 in 2026.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Paula Black is a Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. 2026 total compensation came to $92,174.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Shantavia Murray holds the role of Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. In 2026, their total compensation was $83,971.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Mario Masula works as a Correctional Officer for Department of Corrections. Mario earned $75,781 in 2026.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
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Gregory Kinsey works as a Correctional Officer for Department of Corrections. Gregory earned $73,853 in 2026.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
At Department of Corrections, Woodrow Stuckey serves as a Correctional Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $73,616.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Ashante' Lowery is a Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. 2026 total compensation came to $72,768.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
At Department of Corrections, Jennifer Hilton serves as a Correctional Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $71,242.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
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At Department of Corrections, Syreeta Alford serves as a Correctional Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,757.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Carolyn Wright holds the role of Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. In 2026, their total compensation was $67,881.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
William Mclellan holds the role of Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. In 2026, their total compensation was $67,663.
Correctional Officer/Department of Corrections
Alexis Charles holds the role of Correctional Officer at Department of Corrections. In 2026, their total compensation was $67,071.