South Carolina / Department of Corrections / Law Enforcement Officer III
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
23 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $64,725, above the department median of $63,461.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 23 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 12,930 people — is $58,070. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $67,373 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 37th 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 Corrections is $67,373, 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
Law Enforcement Officer III is held in 33 South Carolina departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $64,725 ranks #31 of 33.
Median total compensation for the Law Enforcement Officer III 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 3 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $74,011 ranks #1 of 3. See Law Enforcement Officer across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Law Enforcement 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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Law Enforcement Officer III/Department of Corrections
At Department of Corrections, Lynda Brown serves as a Law Enforcement Officer III. Their 2026 pay totaled $74,103.
Law Enforcement Officer III/Department of Corrections
At Department of Corrections, Cory Fogleboch serves as a Law Enforcement Officer III. Their 2026 pay totaled $74,103.
Law Enforcement Officer III/Department of Corrections
Ronald Steele is a Law Enforcement Officer III at Department of Corrections. 2026 total compensation came to $74,103.
Law Enforcement Officer III/Department of Corrections
Brian Rowe works as a Law Enforcement Officer III for Department of Corrections. Brian earned $74,103 in 2026.