South Carolina / Department of Corrections / General Maintenance Technician IV

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General Maintenance Technician IV

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

24 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $65,144, above the department median of $63,461.

Employees: 24
Total payroll: $1.6M
Role median: $65,144
Agency median: $63,461
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$65,144$73,918+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 24 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

General Maintenance Technician IV pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 28,020 people — is $47,880. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $65,144 for this role, 36% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Corrections sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$32,950

$38,700

$47,880

$60,970

$74,530

Department of Corrections median · $65,144

The bar is the range of annual wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 1,529,700 people — is $49,590. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 31% above that national figure, about the 78th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,350

$40,840

$49,590

$62,620

$77,180

Department of Corrections median · $65,144

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 Corrections is $65,144, 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

This role across South Carolina

General Maintenance Technician IV is held in 14 South Carolina departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $65,144 ranks #7 of 14.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Department of Veterans' Affairs

$70,776 · 1

Tec & Comprehensive Education Board

$68,362 · 1

York Technical College

$68,072 · 1

Department of Transportation

$67,711 · 2

Patriot's Point

$67,670 · 3

Labor License & Regulation

$65,280 · 1

Department of Education

$64,643 · 5

Department of Public Safety

$63,605 · 2

Department of Administration

$63,276 · 1

Department of Nat. Resources

$59,122 · 1

University of South Carolina

$57,312 · 38

Behavioral Health & Development Disab

$56,720 · 4

Median total compensation for the General Maintenance Technician IV role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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