South Carolina / Department of Transportation / Administrative Assistant

Job-title file

Administrative Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

17 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $52,549, below the department median of $63,481.

Employees: 17
Total payroll: $908.3K
Role median: $52,549
Agency median: $63,481
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$50,000$60,110+

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

How total compensation varies among the 17 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

Administrative Assistant pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 30,180 people — is $44,880. Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $52,549 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Transportation sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$29,100

$36,880

$44,880

$52,420

$61,660

Department of Transportation median · $52,549

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Department of Transportation median · $52,549

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 Transportation is $52,549, 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

Administrative Assistant is held in 41 South Carolina departments. In Department of Transportation, the median of $52,549 ranks #26 of 41.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Department of Environmental Services

$58,221 · 2

Greenville Technical College

$56,860 · 8

Behavioral Health & Development Disab

$56,028 · 1

Educational Television Community

$55,366 · 2

Department of Nat. Resources

$55,319 · 13

State Fiscal Accountant Authority

$55,155 · 1

Trident Technical College

$55,097 · 10

The Citadel

$55,000 · 3

Ethics Commission

$54,768 · 2

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

$54,702 · 1

Lander University

$54,464 · 2

John De La Howe School

$54,368 · 1

Median total compensation for the Administrative Assistant role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Administrative Assistant beyond South Carolina

This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $53,011 ranks #17 of 31. See Administrative Assistant across all of South Carolina →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County

$142,353 · 378

City of San Jose

$126,642 · 11

City of Boston

$77,773 · 26

Chicago Public Schools

$76,425 · 9

$74,800 · 528

$73,085 · 105

$72,721 · 27

$71,808 · 287

Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Assistantroles 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