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South Carolina jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

South Carolina’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. 2,472 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 47 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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South Carolina economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 2,675,730

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 5,212,774

    people in South Carolina

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,818

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

South Carolina layoffs

  • 47

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 5,579

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 41

    employers

WARN notices filed in South Carolina, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Hudson-BW GSP JVTakes effect Dec 14, 2026Greenville 38 County68ClosureState record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Horry County7—State record
DP WorldTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Spartanburg County205—State record
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & SpaTakes effect Nov 3, 2026Beaufort County157—State record
Healthcare SC, LLCTakes effect Aug 28, 2026Fairfield County254—State record
PepsiCoTakes effect Oct 18, 2026Richland County105—State record
Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc.Takes effect Dec 22, 2026Anderson County10—State record
Pactiv LLCTakes effect Oct 6, 2026Aiken County133—State record
80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc. (80 Acres Farms)Takes effect Aug 3, 2026Anderson County73—State record
Smith Drug CompanyTakes effect Sep 30, 2026Spartanburg County195—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in South Carolina

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Vertiv Holdings76 open roles
  2. Scout Motors43 open roles
  3. Westinghouse Electric39 open roles
  4. State of South Carolina30 open roles
  5. Mcleod Health25 open roles
  6. Trane U.s.25 open roles
  7. Eaton23 open roles
  8. Charleston County School District22 open roles
  9. Amazon21 open roles
  10. Cintas21 open roles
  11. Medical University of South Carolina20 open roles
  12. Pruitthealth Home Health19 open roles

Higher education in South Carolina

  • 36

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 269,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in South Carolina

Largest colleges in South Carolina
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Clemson UniversityClemsonPublic 4-year20,000+
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic 4-year20,000+
Coastal Carolina UniversityConwayPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
College of CharlestonCharlestonPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Anderson UniversityAndersonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Benedict CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Bob Jones UniversityGreenvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Charleston Southern UniversityCharlestonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharlestonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Claflin UniversityOrangeburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Coker UniversityHartsvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

All 36 South Carolina colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving South Carolina. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

39 American Job Centers in South Carolina

Job fairs and business events in South Carolina

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in South Carolina.

Conferences in South Carolina

Industry conferences and trade shows held in South Carolina, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 12 with dates announced.

All conferences

South Carolina counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

South Carolina cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in South Carolina?

See what to do first, what South Carolina unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from South Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. South Carolina unemployment benefits.