South State

South State Corporation is a regional bank. It provides retail and commercial banking services to customers across the southeastern United States. The company is based in Winter Haven, United States.

South State traces back to First National Bank of Orangeburg, South Carolina, founded in 1933. It trades on Nasdaq under the ticker SSB and is part of the S&P 400 index. The bank grew through acquisitions, buying Park Sterling Corp for $690.8 million in 2017 and Independent Bank Group for about $2 billion in 2024. As of May 2025, it has 371 branches across eight states, $46.4 billion in total assets, and 5,100 employees. A single South Carolina bank from 1933 became a multi-state regional lender through acquisitions.

Currently, there's a total of 177 job openings at South State. Over the last 30 days, 252 jobs were added and 78 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~5 days before being removed).¹