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South Carolina paycheck calculator

See your take-home pay after federal and South Carolina withholding, with 2026 rules.

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From your Form SC W-4

With no SC W-4 on file, your employer uses zero allowances, which also means no standard deduction.

Federal W-4Single or married filing separately
Your W-4 is from
Pre-tax deductionsNone
Bonus and pay so far this year
Federal withholding on the bonus

Before this paycheck. It decides when Social Security and capped programs stop.

Picks the rules in force on that day.

Take-home$1,824.84See breakdown

Take-home pay

$1,824.84per paycheck

$47,445.90 a year from $60,000.00 gross

Per paycheckPer year
Gross pay$2,307.69$60,000.00
Federal income tax−$193.08−$5,020.08
Social Security−$143.08−$3,720.08
Medicare−$33.46−$869.96
South Carolina income tax−$113.23−$2,943.98
Take-home pay$1,824.84$47,445.90

Paycheck withholding, not your annual tax. Estimates, not tax advice.

Estimates, not tax advice. This calculates paycheck withholding, what your employer takes out of each paycheck, not your annual tax. Rules last updated .

How South Carolina withholding works

South Carolina withholds state income tax at rates from 3% to 6% of taxable wages, by the state's own withholding method.

Your employer uses your South Carolina Form SC W-4, and the calculator asks its questions.

401(k) contributions, health premiums, and HSA contributions all lower the wages South Carolina taxes, as they do for federal income tax.

For a bonus paid on its own check, South Carolina withholding is worked out by the aggregate method: the bonus is added to a regular paycheck and taxed together.

Worth knowing in 2026

South Carolina cut its 2026 income tax rates back to January 1 (1.99% up to $30,000 and 5.21% above), but the state hasn't published a new withholding formula, so employers still withhold at 3% and 6%. Most people will get some of that back when they file their 2026 return.

Example paychecks in South Carolina

SalaryGrossFederalFICASouth CarolinaTake-home
$40,000$1,538.46$100.77$117.69$67.07$1,252.93
$60,000$2,307.69$193.08$176.54$113.23$1,824.84
$100,000$3,846.15$506.54$294.23$205.53$2,839.85

Per paycheck, paid every two weeks, single, with no pre-tax deductions or extra withholding. The South Carolina column includes state payroll programs.

Questions

How much South Carolina income tax comes out of my paycheck?

It depends on your pay and your Form SC W-4. On a $60,000 salary paid every two weeks, single with no extras, about $113.23 of each $2,307.69 paycheck goes to South Carolina income tax.

What is the take-home pay on $40,000 a year in South Carolina?

About $1,252.93 a paycheck, or $32,576 a year, if you're paid every two weeks, file single, and have no pre-tax deductions. Change the calculator's answers to match your own pay.

Is this my annual tax bill?

No. It calculates paycheck withholding: what your employer takes out of each paycheck under IRS Publication 15-T and the state's withholding rules. What you finally owe is settled when you file your tax return.

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