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South Carolina has NO state minimum wage law currently in effect. The SC Code of Laws Title 41 (Labor and Employment) table of contents, opened directly at scstatehouse.gov, lists: Chapter 1 (General Provisions), Chapter 3 (Dept of LLR), Chapter 5 (Employment First Initiative Act), Chapter 6 (Subminimum Wages), Chapter 7 (Right to Work), Chapter 8 (Illegal Aliens), Chapter 10 (Payment of Wages), Chapter 13 (Child Labor)... and no minimum wage chapter exists in the entire title. Chapter 6 'Subminimum Wages' addresses special populations, not a general minimum wage floor. Absence confirmed by review of official SC state code TOC on scstatehouse.gov. Federal FLSA minimum of $7.25/hr applies to covered employers. — Source

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South Carolina has no state minimum wage law — confirmed by the absence of any minimum wage statute in SC Code of Laws Title 41 — making it entirely dependent on federal FLSA for all covered employees, with no state enforcement mechanism for minimum wage violations.

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No state minimum wage statute: South Carolina has NO state minimum wage law currently in effect. The SC Code of Laws Title 41 (Labor and Employment) table of contents, opened directly at scstatehouse.gov, lists: Chapter 1 (General Provisions), Chapter 3 (Dept of LLR), Chapter 5 (Employment First Initiative Act), Chapter 6 (Subminimum Wages), Chapter 7 (Right to Work), Chapter 8 (Illegal Aliens), Chapter 10 (Payment of Wages), Chapter 13 (Child Labor)... and no minimum wage chapter exists in the entire title. Chapter 6 'Subminimum Wages' addresses special populations, not a general minimum wage floor. Absence confirmed by review of official SC state code TOC on scstatehouse.gov. Federal FLSA minimum of $7.25/hr applies to covered employers. Source.
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Start hereMinimum WageNo state minimum wage law; federal FLSA $7.25/hr applies; SC Code of Laws Title 41 contains no minimum wage statute; confirmed from scstatehouse.gov.
Overtime29 U.S.C. § 207 (FLSA only); South Carolina has no state overtime law.

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South Carolina has no state minimum wage law — confirmed by the absence of any minimum wage statute in SC Code of Laws Title 41 — making it entirely dependent on federal FLSA for all covered employees, with no state enforcement mechanism for minimum wage violations.

Weekly overtime: South Carolina requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.