South Carolina / Department of Public Safety / Database Administrator I
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Public Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $76,363, above the department median of $73,444.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Database Administrators — about 990 people — is $93,640. Department of Public Safety pays a median base salary of $82,722 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Database Administrators across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Public Safety’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Database Administrators — about 69,990 people — is $104,620. Department of Public Safety’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 28th 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 Public Safety is $82,722, 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
Database Administrator I is held in 23 South Carolina departments. In Department of Public Safety, the median of $76,363 ranks #4 of 23.
Median total compensation for the Database Administrator I 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 9 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $75,784 ranks #9 of 9. See Database Administrator across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Database Administratorroles 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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Database Administrator I/Department of Public Safety
John Steiner works as a Database Administrator I for Department of Public Safety. John earned $76,363 in 2026.