Case Worker III

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

40 employees hold this title in SC Department Juvenile Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $66,741, above the department median of $62,629.

Employees: 40
Total payroll: $2.7M
Role median: $66,741
Agency median: $62,629
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$58,962$73,582+

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

How total compensation varies among the 40 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

Case Worker III pay vs. South Carolina

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 5,220 people — is $38,550. SC Department Juvenile Justice pays a median base salary of $54,000 for this role, 40% above that figure — about the 85th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where SC Department Juvenile Justice sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$30,270

$34,580

$38,550

$46,710

$58,120

SC Department Juvenile Justice median · $54,000

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 SC Department Juvenile Justice’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. SC Department Juvenile Justice’s median base salary is 18% above that national figure, about the 74th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$34,200

$38,150

$45,930

$54,350

$63,290

SC Department Juvenile Justice median · $54,000

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 SC Department Juvenile Justice is $54,000, 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

Case Worker III is held in 6 South Carolina departments. In SC Department Juvenile Justice, the median of $66,741 ranks #2 of 6.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Department of Social Services

$70,890 · 75

Department of Corrections

$60,599 · 8

Department of Disabilities&Spec Need

$58,794 · 8

Department of Children's Advocacy

$57,310 · 5

Department of Public Health

$56,781 · 8

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

Record list