Pickens County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pickens County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 31 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pickens County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
69,372
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
132,604
people in Pickens County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,411
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pickens County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
74
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Pickens County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Apr 10, 2026	Industrial Plastics Group, LLC	Pickens	74	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Pickens 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.

Clemson University [Clemson_Careers]7 open roles
Knowles7 open roles
Clemson University6 open roles
Champion Aerospace4 open roles
Sulzer2 open roles
Abbott1 open role
Clemson University [Clemson_Careers]1 open role
Gratz College1 open role
Hitachi1 open role
Humana Government Business1 open role

Colleges in Pickens County

Colleges in Pickens County
College	City	Type	Students
Clemson University	Clemson	Public 4-year	20,000+
Southern Wesleyan University	Central	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Worklink Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens

SC Works Clemson Comprehensive Center at East Park
Clemson · Comprehensive · 864-643-0071
Monday - Friday 8 :30am - 5:00pm

Cities in Pickens County

Clemson16 jobs
Liberty12 jobs
Pickens1 jobs
Easley2 jobs
Central

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Laid off or looking for work in Pickens 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.