Associate Dean

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondary — about 2,990 people — is $95,570. Francis Marion University pays a median base salary of $129,530 for this role, 36% above that figure — about the 74th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Francis Marion University is $129,530, 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.

Associate Dean is held in 6 South Carolina departments. In Francis Marion University, the median of $129,530 ranks #4 of 6.

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $178,310 ranks #2 of 6. See Associate Dean across all of South Carolina →

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