Overtime Pay Calculator — South Carolina (2026)
Overtime in South Carolina starts with the federal FLSA floor: 1.5× your regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules on top. This calculator shows gross overtime pay and what survives federal, FICA and South Carolina taxation in 2026. South Carolina uses a progressive income tax with 3 brackets running from 0.00% up to 6.20%, applied after a state standard deduction of $16,100.
South Carolina Overtime Pay Calculator
Your base pay per hour.
Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in South Carolina
South Carolina follows the federal weekly standard: overtime is owed after 40 hours in a workweek, with no general daily overtime requirement.
The "regular rate" is not just your base hourly wage — non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded in before multiplying by 1.5, which raises the true overtime rate for many automotive workers around Charleston.
Is overtime taxed more in South Carolina?
No — overtime is ordinary wages. It can feel over-taxed because per-period withholding tables annualize a big check as if every week looked like that, temporarily withholding at a higher rate that you recover at filing.
The South Carolina layer applies to overtime exactly as to base pay, at rates up to 6.20%.
Exempt vs non-exempt in South Carolina
Salaried does not mean exempt. To be exempt from overtime a worker must clear both a salary threshold and a duties test; misclassification is one of the most common wage claims filed in South Carolina.
Cost of living in South Carolina sits 5% below the national average (index 95), median household income is $63,623, and a one-bedroom apartment in Charleston rents for roughly $1,900 a month.
Local and payroll taxes South Carolina adds on top
South Carolina adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
South Carolina has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular South Carolina hours; the extra pay is taxed at your marginal rates, not at a special penalty rate, even though the deduction line looks bigger.
Working across a state line from South Carolina
South Carolina has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Charleston resident spending part of the year at a client site in North Carolina may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your South Carolina tax bill
South Carolina charges a 6% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.57% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $7.25 an hour.
Local option taxes bring most areas to 7%–9%.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. South Carolina recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. South Carolina exempts Social Security and offers a $10,000 retirement deduction plus a $15,000 senior deduction at 65+.
South Carolina vs North Carolina on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $58,599 a year in South Carolina against roughly $58,791 in North Carolina — a difference of $192, or $16 a month.
Effective combined rates are 21.9% in South Carolina and 21.6% in North Carolina. Set that gap against living costs: index 95 here versus 96 there, with property tax at 0.57% and 0.8% respectively.
South Carolina income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $3,460 | 0.00% |
| $3,460 – $17,330 | 3.00% |
| $17,330 and up | 6.20% |