South Carolina / Department of Transportation / Attorney-Unclassified
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $208,590, above the department median of $63,481.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Lawyers — about 7,890 people — is $120,310. Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $208,590 for this role, 73% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers 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 Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 31% above that national figure, about the 70th 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 Transportation is $208,590, 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
Attorney-Unclassified is held in 8 South Carolina departments. In Department of Transportation, the median of $208,590 ranks #2 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Attorney-Unclassified role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Attorney-Unclassified/Department of Transportation
Barbara Wessinger works as a Attorney-Unclassified for Department of Transportation. Barbara earned $208,590 in 2026.