South Carolina / SC Department Juvenile Justice / Correctional Sergeant
Job-title file
Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.
26 employees hold this title in SC Department Juvenile Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $58,115, below the department median of $62,629.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 26 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
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers — about 360 people — is $77,110. SC Department Juvenile Justice pays a median base salary of $58,115 for this role, 25% below that figure — about the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 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 First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers — about 53,380 people — is $77,970. SC Department Juvenile Justice’s median base salary is 25% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 SC Department Juvenile Justice is $58,115, 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
Correctional Sergeant is held in 2 South Carolina departments. In SC Department Juvenile Justice, the median of $58,115 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Correctional Sergeant 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 10 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $61,819 ranks #6 of 10. See Correctional Sergeant across all of South Carolina →
Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Sergeantroles 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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Correctional Sergeant/SC Department Juvenile Justice
Jacob Wright is a Correctional Sergeant at SC Department Juvenile Justice. 2026 total compensation came to $57,126.