West Columbia, SC jobs, layoffs and employers
West Columbia layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming West Columbia in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving West Columbia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Midlands Workforce Development Board
Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
SC Works Lexington Center
West Columbia · Affiliate · 803-359-6131
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Lexington County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
163,137
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
300,370
people in Lexington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$75,014
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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.