The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act provides that all compensation for employees with earnings equaling $50,000 or more annually may be released. Compensation below that amount is available only in ranges.

Compensation information is entered by individual agencies into the Human Resources Information System (HRIS), the state’s legacy personnel information system, or the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS), and the South Carolina Department of Administration (Admin) cannot guarantee the accuracy of data presented.

Questions about the compensation information presented or requests to fix errors should be directed to the HR department of the agency in question.

The compensation information provided in this database is for employees in full-time equivalent positions in all state agencies, colleges and universities except those exempt from oversight by Admin’s Division of State Human Resources (DSHR). DSHR posts salaries in the State Salary Database for those agencies over which DSHR has some oversight function and for which DSHR has access to employee salaries for those agencies.

Agencies not included in this data are:
•    ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT
•    EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
•    LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL
•    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
•    LEGISLATIVE PRINTING, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
•    LOTTERY COMMISSION
•    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
•    SANTEE COOPER
•    S.C. COMMISSION ON PROSECUTION COORDINATION
•    S.C. HOUSE STAFF
•    S.C. JOBS — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
•    S.C. RESEARCH AUTHORITY
•    S.C. SENATE STAFF
•    S.C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
•    OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF

The information reflects compensation for employees divided among two fields: total compensation and bonuses. The total compensation field is the employee’s current annual salary or actual earnings, whichever is greater, and would include bonuses, if awarded. Actual earnings and bonuses are cumulative based on the current fiscal year. For employees employed by state agencies whose payroll is processed through SCEIS, compensation includes payroll data, which includes overtime, bonuses, on-call, and call back pay. Compensation data does not reflect any pay reductions that would result from employee furloughs. The bonuses include both discretionary and legislative bonuses awarded throughout the current fiscal year. For compensation information provided by colleges and universities, total compensation does not include all types of pay and bonuses. Additionally, employees of colleges and universities whose data is migrated to SCEIS are not included if they are dually employed with other state agencies.

Due to the limitations of the data included, the compensation information provided in this database should not be used for comparison purposes.

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(Last Updated: February 26, 2025)

Total Matches 5389
Last Name First Name Agency Job Title Total Compensation Sort ascending Bonuses
HUANG XIANZHENG UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $133,268.00
QUATTRO JOSEPH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $133,241.00
HUMPHRIES JOHN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ACCOUNTING/FISCAL MANAGER III $133,129.00
SOUTHALL RICHARD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $133,004.00
HARGRAVE LEKITA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR $132,925.00
JONES MARKI UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR $132,925.00
LAW KARA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSISTANT DEAN $132,925.00
LUTZ OLIVER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA INSTRUCTOR $132,925.00
MCMAHON JAMES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR $132,925.00
DICKERSON CLARENCE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR $132,700.00
REISMAN DAVID UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $132,690.00
HITCHCOCK DAVID UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR $132,685.00
RAYNOR PHYLLIS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR $132,679.00
KIM SEIHILL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $132,452.00
RUDISILL ANNE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR $132,440.00
KING WINSTON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR $132,207.00
STRAUCH STEFFEN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $132,160.00
CAULDER CELESTE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR $132,130.00
DUDAS KIMBERLY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $131,987.00
MUTH ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROGRAM MANAGER III $131,906.00
KUSTIN ANDREW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $131,872.00
FAILE WILLIFORD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER III $131,854.00
WOLFER TERRY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $131,845.00
SUR SANJIB UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR $131,807.00
HOWARD RALPH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR $131,765.00