Abbeville County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Abbeville County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Abbeville County economy

5.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
10,827
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,352
people in Abbeville County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,112
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Abbeville County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Abbeville County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Abbeville County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Norres Baggerman US1 open role
Sage Automotive Interiors1 open role

Colleges in Abbeville County

Colleges in Abbeville County
College	City	Type	Students
Erskine College	Due West	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Upper Savannah Workforce Development Board
Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda

Cities in Abbeville County

Due West

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from South Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.