STATE GUIDESJuly 5, 20265 min read

South Carolina Overtime Calculator and Time Tracking Rules

Overtime in South Carolina is time and a half after 40 hours in a week. South Carolina follows the federal minimum wage. Use the free calculator below, check the state's wage and hour rules, and see how Clox tracks the hours behind them.

If you run an hourly crew in South Carolina, two questions come up every payroll: how much do you owe once someone crosses into overtime, and are you following the state's rules. South Carolina uses the federal 40-hour rule, so any hour past 40 in a workweek is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. $7. This page gives you a free South Carolina overtime calculator, a plain summary of the state's wage and hour rules, and a look at how Clox tracks the hours behind those numbers.

Free South Carolina overtime calculator

Enter the hours someone worked in a week and their pay rate to see the regular and overtime split. The math follows South Carolina rules: time and a half after 40 hours, with no daily overtime.

South Carolina overtime calculator

Hours worked this week

Hourly rate

Regular pay (40 hrs × $20.00)$800.00

Overtime pay (5 hrs × 1.5 × $20.00)$150.00

Gross pay this week$950.00

Overtime is 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. South Carolina follows the federal rule and has no daily overtime, so hours over 8 in a day do not trigger overtime on their own.

South Carolina minimum wage: $7.

Estimate only, for planning. Confirm current figures with the South Carolina labor department. This is not legal or payroll advice.

South Carolina wage and hour rules

Here is the short version of the rules an hourly South Carolina employer runs into. Each figure has a source below, and the rules change over time, so confirm anything you rely on with the state.

Rule	What it says
Minimum wage	$7.25/hr, South Carolina has NO state minimum wage law, so the federal FLSA rate applies (effective July 24, 2009; unchanged for 2026). No local minimums and no employer-size variant. A 2025-2026 bill (H.3226) proposing $8.75 was introduced but has not been enacted.
Overtime	1.5x the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. South Carolina has no state overtime law; it follows the federal FLSA weekly-40 standard.
Daily overtime	None. South Carolina has no daily overtime and no double-time requirement; overtime is weekly only (over 40 hours), per federal FLSA.
Meal break	No state meal-break requirement for adult employees. Breaks are governed by federal FLSA, which does not mandate meal periods. (State law requires only reasonable break time/space for nursing mothers.)
Rest break	No state rest-break requirement for adult employees. Under federal FLSA, if an employer voluntarily offers short breaks (typically 5-20 min) they must be paid, but no break is required.
Final paycheck	Within 48 hours of separation OR by the next regular payday, which may not exceed 30 days (SC Code Ann. § 41-10-50). Applies to any separation, voluntary or involuntary.

South Carolina wage and hour rules for hourly workers, as researched for 2026.

Confirm before you rely on these

Figures current as of July 2026. South Carolina has no state minimum wage statute, so the $7.25 federal FLSA rate applies and has not changed for 2026. Minimum-wage bills (e.g., H.3226 at $8.75, H.3809 at $17) were introduced in the 2025-2026 session but none had been enacted as of this research; if enacted, effective dates would be Jan 1. The SC LLR website (llr.sc.gov) refused direct connections during research, but the final-paycheck rule was verified against the primary statute (SC Code § 41-10-50) at scstatehouse.gov, and the no-state-minimum-wage and no-break positions are corroborated across the DOL and multiple independent sources. This is general information, not legal or payroll advice. Check the South Carolina labor department for the current rules, and talk to a professional for your situation.

Sources: dol.gov, dol.gov, scstatehouse.gov, llr.sc.gov.

Track South Carolina hours the honest way with Clox

A calculator is only as good as the hours you feed it. Clox is time tracking built for field and trade crews, so the hours behind these numbers are captured accurately in the first place, then the overtime is figured for you.

Your crew clocks in with one tap on their phone, and it works offline, so a dead zone on the job does not lose a punch.
Lock clock-in to a geofenced worksite so a punch has to happen on site. It is a strong deterrent, not a foolproof guarantee, because the location comes from the phone.
Overtime is calculated automatically on the South Carolina weekly-40 rule, so you are not doing this math by hand every Friday.
Export payroll-ready files for QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP, and Paychex when the week is done.

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South Carolina Overtime Calculator and Time Tracking Rules

Free South Carolina overtime calculator

South Carolina wage and hour rules

Track South Carolina hours the honest way with Clox

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