Greenwood County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Greenwood County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Greenwood County economy

5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
29,774
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
69,329
people in Greenwood County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,635
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Greenwood County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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.

Eaton11 open roles
Cardinal Health1 open role
Clemson University1 open role
Enviva1 open role
Five Below1 open role
Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont1 open role
Self Regional Healthcare1 open role
U.S. Army Reserve Command1 open role

Colleges in Greenwood County

Colleges in Greenwood County
College	City	Type	Students
Lander University	Greenwood	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Greenwood 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

Greenwood SC Works
Greenwood · Comprehensive
Monday - Friday 8:30am -5:00pm (Closed 12:00am-1:00pm)

Cities in Greenwood County

Greenwood18 jobs

Other South Carolina counties

All of South Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Greenwood 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.