South Carolina / Department of Transportation / Procurement Manager I

Job-title file

Procurement Manager I

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

8 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $66,300, above the department median of $63,481.

Employees: 8
Total payroll: $530.4K
Role median: $66,300
Agency median: $63,481
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$66,300$66,320+

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

Procurement Manager I pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Purchasing Managers — about 830 people — is $131,720. Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $66,300 for this role, 50% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Transportation sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$83,210

$102,770

$131,720

$165,070

$201,790

Department of Transportation median · $66,300

The bar is the range of annual wages for Purchasing Managers 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 Purchasing Managers — about 84,320 people — is $148,080. Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 55% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$92,490

$115,550

$148,080

$182,270

$223,280

Department of Transportation median · $66,300

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 $66,300, 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

Procurement Manager I is held in 45 South Carolina departments. In Department of Transportation, the median of $66,300 ranks #30 of 45.

Highest-paying departments for this role

University of South Carolina

$83,397 · 3

Piedmont Technical College

$80,628 · 1

Forestry Commission

$80,000 · 1

York Technical College

$78,956 · 1

Educational Television Community

$78,955 · 1

Horry-Georgetown Technician College

$78,699 · 1

Orangeburg-Calhoun Tec College

$78,030 · 1

Department of Public Safety

$78,025 · 1

Tec & Comprehensive Education Board

$77,986 · 1

Medical University of SC

$76,500 · 5

Department of Administration

$75,000 · 1

Attorney General's Office

$73,992 · 1

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

Compare jurisdictions

Procurement Manager beyond South Carolina

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $76,389 ranks #4 of 5. See Procurement Manager across all of South Carolina →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of Phoenix, Arizona

$114,662 · 14

City of Baltimore

$114,283 · 6

Missouri

$101,502 · 11

New York Public Authorities

$61,734 · 6

Median total compensation for comparable Procurement Managerroles 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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