Laurens County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Laurens County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Laurens County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
33,258
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
67,904
people in Laurens County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,517
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Laurens County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Laurens 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 Laurens 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.

Nordson1 open role
outh Carolina United Methodist Conference1 open role
ZF Friedrichshafen1 open role

Colleges in Laurens County

Colleges in Laurens County
College	City	Type	Students
Presbyterian College	Clinton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Laurens 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

SC Works Center - Laurens
Clinton · Affiliate · 864-358-0090
Monday -Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm Closed (12:00Pm-1:00:pm)

Cities in Laurens County

Clinton2 jobs

Other South Carolina counties

All of South Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Laurens 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.