Gaffney, SC jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Multicraft Field Service EngineerSynerfac Technical Staffing
- Senior Facility Quality ManagerNestlé
- Engineer- Manufacturing I USA (1st Shift)First Solar
- Engineer- Controls I USA (B Crew/PM Shift)First Solar
- Travel Center General ManagerPilot Company
- Service ManagerRollins
Employers hiring most in Gaffney
- First Solar2 open roles
- Nestlé1 open role
- Pilot Company1 open role
- Rollins1 open role
- Synerfac Technical Staffing1 open role
Gaffney layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Gaffney in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Gaffney
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Limestone University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Job fairs and business events in Gaffney
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Gaffney.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gaffney. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Upstate Workforce Development Board
Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Upstate Cherokee Center
Gaffney · Affiliate
Tuesday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm (Closed 1:00pm-2:00pm)
Cherokee County economy
5.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.2% the month before
23,456
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,299
people in Cherokee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,047
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.