Lead Support Engineer Salary in Charleston, South Carolina

How much does a Lead Support Engineer make in Charleston, SC?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Lead Support Engineer in Charleston, SC is $101,847. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $90,712 to $116,079, with most professionals earning between $80,574 and $129,036.

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Support our clients, ensuring their infrastructures stay up and running 24/7 while working with leading-edge technology.

November 03, 2022

Understand the technical and commercial "flows" to motivate platform improvements and debugging.

January 15, 2023

Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.

January 24, 2023

Manages collaboration with other Service Engineers, IT Architects, vendors, and business clients to ensure that the modified hardware and software technology components interact appropriately, data conversion impacts are considered, production environments are developed and maintained and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business functional and performance requirements.

February 11, 2023

Develop schedule workaround plans, with customer, design engineering and site management, to maintain project cost & schedule requirements and obtain detailed progress on aftermarket NPI activities at site.

March 28, 2023

Leads others to execute a multi-discipline scope from concept through delivery (concept, proposal, project, close-out) for projects of any size.

April 06, 2023

Works with Project Management to ensure project budget, schedule and quality.

April 14, 2023

Provide ground support equipment and product maintenance planning services to assist the project team on turnkey new product introduction (NPI) and technical support projects for nacelle projects.

May 14, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lead Support Engineer in Charleston, SC

Average Base Salary

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90712

116079

101847

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

93482

121216

105360

What is the average salary for Lead Support Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead Support Engineer in Charleston, SC. The base salary for Lead Support Engineer ranges from $90,712 to $116,079 with the average base salary of $101,847. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $93,482 to $121,216 with the average total cash compensation of $105,360.

View Average Salary for Lead Support Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$101,847	$90,712 - $116,079
Bonus	$3,513	$2,770 - $5,137
Total Pay	$105,360	$93,482 - $121,216

* 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.

Lead Support Engineer Salary Near Charleston, SC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC
CITY, STATE North Charleston, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,712 - $116,079	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC 0%
CITY, STATE Mount Pleasant, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,712 - $116,079	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC 0%
CITY, STATE Goose Creek, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,578 - $115,908	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC
CITY, STATE Summerville, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $90,311 - $115,566	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC
CITY, STATE Hilton Head Island, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $88,219 - $112,889	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC
CITY, STATE Sumter, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $84,465 - $108,085	COMPARE TO Charleston, SC

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About Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,875 in 2017. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorche...

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