South Carolina / Department of Corrections / Physician Assistant II
Job-title file
Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $137,868, above the department median of $63,461.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 2,250 people — is $122,490. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $137,868 for this role, 13% above that figure — about the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physician Assistants 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 Physician Assistants — about 162,150 people — is $135,880. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 1% above that national figure, about the 52nd 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 $137,868, 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 10 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $130,568 ranks #3 of 10. See Physician Assistant across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Physician Assistant roles 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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Physician Assistant II/Department of Corrections
Gregory Furness works as a Physician Assistant II for Department of Corrections. Gregory earned $155,941 in 2026.
Physician Assistant II/Department of Corrections
Kevin Burnham is a Physician Assistant II at Department of Corrections. 2026 total compensation came to $137,868.
Physician Assistant II/Department of Corrections
At Department of Corrections, Maurio Riley serves as a Physician Assistant II. Their 2026 pay totaled $131,226.