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South CarolinaMoving from California to South Carolina for work
What moves with you from California to South Carolina: your licence, your take-home pay, and the programs that pay people to come. Every line below is computed from the two states' rules.
What the move does to your paycheck
On a $60,000 salary South Carolina leaves you roughly $2,982 a year more than California does, because South Carolina's rate is lower.
| Salary | California state tax | South Carolina state tax | Difference a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $3,724 | $1,736 | +$1,988 |
| $60,000 | $5,586 | $2,604 | +$2,982 |
| $90,000 | $8,379 | $3,906 | +$4,473 |
Rough figures for a single filer: exact in the flat-rate and no-tax states, approximated at 70% of the top bracket in the progressive ones. In California: plus a 1.1% payroll tax for disability insurance. Property and sales tax are not in it.
CNA: California to South Carolina
Transfers by reciprocity. Your California certificate stays on the California Department of Public Health, Aide and Technician Certification Section; to work in South Carolina you apply to the South Carolina Nurse Aide Registry (Department of Health and Human Services, administered by Credentia) for reciprocity. It accepts an active certificate in good standing from another state; there is no retest if your record is clean. Most registries list you within two to six weeks.
RN and LPN: California to South Carolina
Endorsement, six to twelve weeks. California is not in the compact, so your California licence is single-state. Apply to the South Carolina board for licensure by endorsement (Nursys verification, fingerprints, the board's fee); six to twelve weeks is normal, so start before you give notice. Because South Carolina is a compact state, ask for the new licence to be issued as a multistate licence: from then on it works in every compact state.
Electrician: California to South Carolina
Reciprocity likely. South Carolina licenses electricians at state level through the South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Board and Residential Builders Commission, and Electrical contractors are state-licensed; journeymen are licensed by some cities and counties. Contractor reciprocity with a few states. Your California licence comes from the Division of Industrial Relations (certification) and Contractors State License Board (C-10), a state body, which is what a reciprocity application needs: ask it for a verification letter before you move.
CDL: California to South Carolina
Transfers at the DMV. A commercial driver's licence transfers like any licence: within 30 days of becoming a South Carolina resident you surrender the California CDL at a South Carolina driver licence office, pass the vision test, pay the fee, and your endorsements carry over. A hazmat endorsement needs a fresh TSA threat assessment in South Carolina. Your driving record follows you through the federal CDLIS system.
Does South Carolina pay you to come?
No statewide program in South Carolina pays people to move in. Towns sometimes list an offer through MakeMyMove, and employers in short-staffed trades pay relocation themselves; ask for it in writing before you accept.
Openings filed in South Carolina
78 open positions filed with the Department of Labor by South Carolina employers who could not fill them locally.
- Farm WorkerBoyd's Bonnie Bay Farm LLP · Loris · $16.37/hr
- Relationship Banker - Charleston Market - Mt. Pleasant, SC AreaBank of America · Charleston
- Relationship Banker - Upstate SC Market - Greenville, SC AreaBank of America · Greenville
- Nursery WorkerManzana LLC · York · $12.56/hr
- Farmworker: Diversified (45-2092.00)JE Cooley Farms Inc. · Chesnee · $12.56/hr
- Nursery WorkerManzana LLC · Fort Mill · $12.56/hr
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