Head of Quality Salary in Columbia, South Carolina

How much does a Head of Quality make in Columbia, SC?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Head of Quality in Columbia, SC is $252,193. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $189,820 to a high of $327,344, with most professionals earning between $219,545 and $291,530.

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Lead the Quality Center of Expertise (COE) for GPD with accountability to assure the Good Clinical Practices (GCP) quality of clinical trial execution, ensuring quality standards, monitoring of quality performance metrics and effective deviation and CAPA management.

November 11, 2022

Collaborate with Technical Operations to understand existing production issues and modify testing strategies to incorporate cases to prevent reoccurring production issues.

January 10, 2023

Evaluate quality events/incidents/issues and perform risk analysis, identify remediation actions and communicate to management or other stakeholders, as appropriate.

January 14, 2023

Develop, implement and maintain a GxP audit and monitoring plan, including establishment and management of related SOPs, a risk-based audit and monitoring schedule, and a CAPA effectiveness program.

March 05, 2023

Understanding of scientific methods and the ability to interpret and communicate scientific data internally and externally.

March 23, 2023

Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for optimization of new or existing products, processes, techniques, procedures or facilities/equipment to ensure compliance with quality criteria.

April 01, 2023

Manages the operational interface, coordinating engineering resources and optimizing and driving adherence to common global processes (including spare part management, case management, documentation, escalation management & quality management) across and aligned with the other business lines.

April 09, 2023

Provide technical & program/project leadership to the project teams in all project phases (design, delivery, startup, commissioning, validation and operational support) as well as IS leadership oversight to ensure the program/project budget, schedule and staffing is commensurate to enabling the manufacturing automation and information systems to attain the performance standards required to support the business objectives.

April 10, 2023

Demonstrated leadership with strong communication skills and an ability to deliver the results through teamwork.

April 27, 2023

Tracks key service processes/service performance (Key KPIs will include first time fix rate, MTTR and MTBF, spares usage, connectivity, remote/predictive support) and drives improvement efforts.

May 06, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Head of Quality in Columbia, SC

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

219545

291530

252193

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

263564

404605

323455

What is the average salary for Head of Quality in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Head of Quality in Columbia, SC. The base salary for Head of Quality ranges from $219,545 to $291,530 with the average base salary of $252,193. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $263,564 to $404,605 with the average total cash compensation of $323,455.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$252,193	$219,545 - $291,530
Bonus	$71,261	$44,019 - $113,075
Total Pay	$323,455	$263,564 - $404,605

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Head of Quality Salary Near Columbia, SC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Sumter, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $210,179 - $279,094	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Aiken, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $219,307 - $291,214	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Rock Hill, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $229,077 - $304,187	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Florence, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $213,792 - $283,891	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Augusta, GA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $219,973 - $292,098	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC
CITY, STATE Summerville, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $224,727 - $298,411	COMPARE TO Columbia, SC

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About Columbia, South Carolina

One of Columbia's more prominent geographical features is its fall line, the boundary between the upland Piedmont region and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, across which rivers drop as falls or rapids. Columbia grew up at the fall line of the Congaree River, which is formed by the convergence of the Broad River and the Saluda River. The Congaree was the farthest inland point of river navigation. The energy of falling water also powered Columbia's early mills. The city has capitalized on this location which includes three rivers by christening itself "The Columbia Riverbanks Region". Columbia is lo...

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