Newberry County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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.
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.
- Trane U.s.2 open roles
- C.H. Guenther & Son1 open role
- Cesna Group1 open role
- Dotson1 open role
- Food Management Search1 open role
- Human Capital Ventures1 open role
- Mi Rancho1 open role
- Samsung Electronics1 open role
- Trane Technologies1 open role
- Valmont1 open role
Colleges in Newberry County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry College | Newberry | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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.
- Upper Savannah Workforce Development Board
Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda
SC Works - Newberry County
Newberry · Affiliate · 803-276-2110
Monday - Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm (Closed 12:00pm-1:00pm)
Cities in Newberry County
- Newberry7 jobs
- Prosperity4 jobs
Other South Carolina counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.