Newberry County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Newberry County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Newberry County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 18,994

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 38,121

    people in Newberry County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $59,670

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Newberry County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Newberry 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 Newberry 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.

  1. Trane U.s.2 open roles
  2. C.H. Guenther & Son1 open role
  3. Cesna Group1 open role
  4. Dotson1 open role
  5. Food Management Search1 open role
  6. Human Capital Ventures1 open role
  7. Mi Rancho1 open role
  8. Samsung Electronics1 open role
  9. Trane Technologies1 open role
  10. Valmont1 open role

Colleges in Newberry County

Colleges in Newberry County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Newberry CollegeNewberryPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • SC Works - Newberry County

    Newberry · Affiliate · 803-276-2110

    Monday - Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm (Closed 12:00pm-1:00pm)

Cities in Newberry County

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Laid off or looking for work in Newberry County?

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See your options after a layoff

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.