South Carolina / Department of Motor Vehicles / Senior Auditor

Job-title file

Senior Auditor

Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.

8 employees hold this title in Department of Motor Vehicles. Median total compensation for the role is $59,298, below the department median of $62,351.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $478K
Role median: $59,298
Agency median: $62,351
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$58,723$62,993+

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

How total compensation varies among the 8 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

Senior Auditor pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 15,270 people — is $76,560. Department of Motor Vehicles pays a median base salary of $59,298 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 21st percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Motor Vehicles sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$50,370

$62,100

$76,560

$99,080

$131,220

Department of Motor Vehicles median · $59,298

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 Motor Vehicles’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 Motor Vehicles’s median base salary is 29% below that national figure, about the 14th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$56,020

$67,020

$83,680

$109,810

$144,090

Department of Motor Vehicles median · $59,298

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 Motor Vehicles is $59,298, 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

Senior Auditor is held in 20 South Carolina departments. In Department of Motor Vehicles, the median of $59,298 ranks #18 of 20.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Attorney General's Office

$84,181 · 7

Department of Prob, Parole & Pardon

$81,355 · 1

State Accident Fund

$78,655 · 1

Department on Aging

$77,152 · 1

Department of Disabilities&Spec Need

$76,965 · 1

Department of Administration

$74,570 · 1

Department of Education

$74,460 · 7

State Fiscal Accountant Authority

$73,534 · 4

Department of Public Health

$73,006 · 1

Financial Institutional Board

$72,933 · 6

Department of Transportation

$72,472 · 3

Office of Inspector General

$72,000 · 6

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

Senior Auditor beyond South Carolina

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 →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of Los Angeles

$156,058 · 12

District of Columbia

$137,561 · 13

Vermont

$112,528 · 5

Johnson County, Kansas

$101,023 · 6

New York Public Authorities

$87,597 · 79

Maine

$81,522 · 21

Georgia

$80,473 · 88

City of Milwaukee

$79,436 · 6

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.

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