South Carolina State Minimum Wage 2024 Average. The state minimum wage data is sourced from the labor law center and includes the minimum wage in a given state as of january of that year. In 2008, the minimum wage went up.

A recent study of retail workers in texas and california found that a $1, or 9.1% minimum wage increase translated into an 11.6% decrease in total compensation. This is lower than the national average of $22.33 per hour.