Sc State Employee Cost Of Living Raise 2024. State employees will see a $1,125 or 2.25% pay raise, whichever is greater, starting july 1 under a proposed spending plan from budget writers approved friday. Columbia — legislators passed a $14.5 billion state spending package that cuts income taxes, increases state employees’ salaries and freezes tuition at public.

My executive budget provides $78 million for recruitment and retention salary increases for state employees; Some small, rural towns are holding on with their weekly newspapers.