South Carolina / Public Employee Benefits Auth / Benefits Specialist

Job-title file

Benefits Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

10 employees hold this title in Public Employee Benefits Auth. Median total compensation for the role is $54,072, below the department median of $69,710.

Employees: 10
Total payroll: $539.2K
Role median: $54,072
Agency median: $69,710
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$50,000$58,261+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 10 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

Benefits Specialist pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists — about 1,160 people — is $63,450. Public Employee Benefits Auth pays a median base salary of $54,072 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Employee Benefits Auth sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$41,580

$49,100

$63,450

$81,990

$104,860

Public Employee Benefits Auth median · $54,072

The bar is the range of annual wages for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Employee Benefits Auth’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists — about 112,380 people — is $78,210. Public Employee Benefits Auth’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, about the 16th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,480

$60,890

$78,210

$100,400

$128,920

Public Employee Benefits Auth median · $54,072

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 Public Employee Benefits Auth is $54,072, 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

Benefits Specialist is held in 10 South Carolina departments. In Public Employee Benefits Auth, the median of $54,072 ranks #6 of 10.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Vocational Rehabilitation

$72,746 · 1

Behavioral Health & Development Disab

$60,307 · 3

Department of Environmental Services

$56,303 · 1

SC Department Juvenile Justice

$55,448 · 2

Department of Social Services

$55,132 · 3

Department of Corrections

$52,506 · 3

Department of Administration

$52,000 · 2

Department of Public Health

$50,500 · 1

Governor's Off-Sled

$50,000 · 1

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

Compare jurisdictions

Benefits Specialist beyond South Carolina

This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $54,810 ranks #3 of 4. See Benefits Specialist across all of South Carolina →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of Los Angeles

$92,187 · 104

New York Public Authorities

$73,410 · 14

Florida

$36,362 · 62

Median total compensation for comparable Benefits Specialistroles 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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