South Carolina / SC Department Juvenile Justice / Law Enforcement Officer III
Job-title file
Law Enforcement Officer III
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
14 employees hold this title in SC Department Juvenile Justice. Median total compensation for the role is $68,957, above the department median of $62,629.
- Employees
- 14
- Total payroll
- $978.9K
- Role median
- $68,957
- Agency median
- $62,629
- Comparison
- Above
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 14 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
Law Enforcement Officer III pay vs. South Carolina
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 12,930 people — is $58,070. SC Department Juvenile Justice pays a median base salary of $65,620 for this role, 13% above that figure — about the 69th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where SC Department Juvenile Justice sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. SC Department Juvenile Justice’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 SC Department Juvenile Justice is $65,620, 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
Law Enforcement Officer III is held in 33 South Carolina departments. In SC Department Juvenile Justice, the median of $68,957 ranks #26 of 33.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Law Enforcement Officer III role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Law Enforcement Officer beyond South Carolina
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $74,011 ranks #1 of 3. See Law Enforcement Officer across all of South Carolina →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Law Enforcement Officerroles 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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