# South Carolina — State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

For South Carolina, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 4 or more; key differences is Subcontractors may be treated as employees and covered under the general contractor's policy if they do not carry their own; coverage / scope is Includes all employees, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** South Carolina _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** workers compensation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State threshold:** 4 or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Key differences:** Subcontractors may be treated as employees and covered under the general contractor's policy if they do not carry their own.
- **Coverage / scope:** Includes all employees. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.workcompone.com/coverage-by-state/south-carolina/> South Carolina | 4 or more | Includes all employees. |

## Source

- https://www.workcompone.com/blog/minimum-number-of-employees-for-workers-comp-in-every-u-s-state/

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-02-10.
Part of [State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds](https://referencesource.org/state-employment-law-headcount-triggers/).