South Carolina / Public Employee Benefits Auth / IT Director I
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Public Employee Benefits Auth. Median total compensation for the role is $143,164, above the department median of $69,710.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Computer and Information Systems Managers — about 4,930 people — is $160,860. Public Employee Benefits Auth pays a median base salary of $151,302 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 44th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer and Information Systems Managers 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 Computer and Information Systems Managers — about 670,570 people — is $175,140. Public Employee Benefits Auth’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 34th 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 Public Employee Benefits Auth is $151,302, 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
IT Director I is held in 29 South Carolina departments. In Public Employee Benefits Auth, the median of $143,164 ranks #6 of 29.
Median total compensation for the IT Director 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 2 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $140,172 ranks #2 of 2. See IT Director across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable IT Director 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.
Record list
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IT Director I/Public Employee Benefits Auth
Justin Ellis holds the role of IT Director I at Public Employee Benefits Auth. In 2026, their total compensation was $143,164.