Dorchester County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dorchester County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 41 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dorchester County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
91,966
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
164,322
people in Dorchester County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,896
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dorchester County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
78
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Dorchester County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jan 15, 2026	James Hardie Building Products Inc.Takes effect Mar 16, 2026	Dorchester County	78	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Dorchester 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.

DSV9 open roles
Amazon3 open roles
GXO Logistics3 open roles
Thorne3 open roles
Translucent Solar3 open roles
Builders FirstSource2 open roles
CEMS Engineering2 open roles
Lumos Fiber2 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering1 open role
Charter Communications1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Trident Workforce Development Board
Berkeley, Dorchester

SC Works Dorchester
Summerville · Affiliate · 843-821-0695
Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-4:30pm( Closed 12pm-1pm)

Cities in Dorchester County

Summerville35 jobs
Ridgeville6 jobs

Other South Carolina counties

All of South Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Dorchester County?

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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.