South Carolina / Department of Social Services / Senior Health Educator
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Social Services. Median total compensation for the role is $62,781, above the department median of $55,264.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Health Education Specialists — about 470 people — is $64,720. Department of Social Services pays a median base salary of $62,781 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Health Education Specialists across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Social Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Health Education Specialists — about 65,690 people — is $64,070. Department of Social Services’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 48th 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 Social Services is $62,781, 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
Senior Health Educator is held in 2 South Carolina departments. In Department of Social Services, the median of $62,781 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Senior Health Educator 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 $63,184 ranks #2 of 3. See Senior Health Educator across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Health Educator 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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Senior Health Educator/Department of Social Services
Jalesa Mckelvey works as a Senior Health Educator for Department of Social Services. Jalesa earned $62,781 in 2026.
Senior Health Educator/Department of Social Services
At Department of Social Services, Alyssa Cripps serves as a Senior Health Educator. Their 2026 pay totaled $62,781.