South Carolina / Department of Children's Advocacy / Case Worker II
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Children's Advocacy. Median total compensation for the role is $52,549, below the department median of $61,869.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 5,220 people — is $38,550. Department of Children's Advocacy pays a median base salary of $54,989 for this role, 43% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social and Human Service Assistants across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Children's Advocacy’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 437,860 people — is $45,930. Department of Children's Advocacy’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 76th 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 Children's Advocacy is $54,989, 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
Case Worker II is held in 7 South Carolina departments. In Department of Children's Advocacy, the median of $52,549 ranks #6 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Case Worker II role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Case Worker II/Department of Children's Advocacy
Melissa Pruitt holds the role of Case Worker II at Department of Children's Advocacy. In 2026, their total compensation was $52,549.