Transportation Planner V

Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.

6 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $115,871, above the department median of $63,481.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $736.8K
Role median: $115,871
Agency median: $63,481
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Transportation Planner V pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 300 people — is $83,780. Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $114,603 for this role, 37% above that figure — about the 89th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Transportation sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$63,130

$76,400

$83,780

$100,420

$115,210

Department of Transportation median · $114,603

The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 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 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 37,100 people — is $101,110. Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 13% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$66,120

$80,860

$101,110

$129,960

$160,300

Department of Transportation median · $114,603

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 $114,603, 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 jurisdictions

Transportation Planner beyond South Carolina

This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $114,488 ranks #2 of 9. See Transportation Planner across all of South Carolina →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$188,175 · 105

District of Columbia

$88,300 · 30

City of Charlotte

$88,078 · 14

City of Salt Lake City

$82,362 · 5

California

$68,842 · 155

New York Public Authorities

$65,515 · 28

Louisville Metro, Kentucky

$35,222 · 10

Missouri

$32,057 · 19

Median total compensation for comparable Transportation Plannerroles 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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