South Carolina 2025 Tax Rates
2025 South Carolina Taxes
Employee Withholding Requirements
Withholding Method
: FormulaSupplemental Wage / Bonus Rate
: 6.2% for 2025- Register as an employer on the South Carolina Employment Development website
Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate
: Federal Form W-4
South Carolina State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
South Carolina Wage Base
: $14,000 for 2025- South Carolina SUI Departmental Administrative Contingency Assessment Tax (DACA): 0.06% with a wage base of $14,000 for 2025
South Carolina new employer rate
: 0.41% for 2025- Get your unemployment insurance rate: South Carolina UI agency website
South Carolina State Disability Insurance (SDI)
- None
South Carolina Family Leave Insurance (FLI)
- None
Local Taxes
- None
South Carolina Minimum Wage
South Carolina Minimum Wage
: $7.25 per hour (inherits the federal minimum wage requirement. State either has no minimum wage law or is lower than Federal minimum wage).
South Carolina State Labor Laws
South Carolina Termination Pay
:- Employee is fired — pay within 48 hours or by next regular payday, provided that is less than 30 days away
South Carolina New Hire Reporting
- Child Support Enforcement Division
Department of Social Services
New Hire Reporting Program
PO Box 1469
Columbia, SC 29202-1469 - Phone: 803-898-9235
- Fax: 803-898-9100
Remit Withholding for Child Support to
- Child Support Enforcement Division
Department of Social Services
3150 South Harden Street
PO Box 1469
Columbia, SC 29202-1469 - Phone: 803-737-5870
South Carolina Reciprocal States
- None
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