South Carolina / Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism / Application Developer I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Median total compensation for the role is $61,200, below the department median of $61,235.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Software Developers — about 13,230 people — is $129,450. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism pays a median base salary of $85,014 for this role, 34% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Software Developers across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Software Developers — about 1,687,890 people — is $135,980. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s median base salary is 37% below that national figure, about the 12th 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 Parks, Recreation and Tourism is $85,014, 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
Application Developer I is held in 14 South Carolina departments. In Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the median of $61,200 ranks #3 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Application Developer I role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $76,878 ranks #4 of 5. See Application Developer across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Application Developer roles 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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Application Developer I/Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Christopher Bowling is a Application Developer I at Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. 2026 total compensation came to $61,200.