Aiken, SC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Aiken

• Strategic Logistics SpecialistCaci International
• Director of Nursing - EmergencyTop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
• Nursing Director of Behavioral HealthTop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
• Senior Project Controls Specialist – SR Business AnalystPinnacle Specialty Group
• Principal EngineerEnercon
• Production Supervisor 2Beloit Health System
• Assistant Project Manager-Kiewit Nuclear Solutions-Aiken, SCKiewit Infrastructure South
• Director of NursingPruitthealth Home Health
• Hospice Palliative Sales Account Executive- AikenPruitthealth Home Health
• Home Health Sales Account Executive - AikenPruitthealth Home Health

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Employers hiring most in Aiken

1. Prosidian Consultng8 open roles
2. Aecon Group6 open roles
3. Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA)6 open roles
4. Hubbell6 open roles
5. Pruitthealth Home Health4 open roles
6. Universal Hospital Services4 open roles
7. BAE Systems3 open roles
8. Emerson3 open roles
9. Kiewit3 open roles
10. Management Recruiters of Lowcountry3 open roles

Aiken layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 133

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Aiken

Aiken County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 9.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 7.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+2,182 jobs), health care (+938 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−510 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Aiken. Each link goes to the publisher.

• USC Aiken advisory group is using AI and focusing on three projects that will benefit the communityThe Post and Courier on MSN · Oct 7, 2026

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• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in South Carolina? How to file for unemployment in South Carolina (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Lower Savannah Workforce Development Board

  Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg

• SC Works Center - Aiken

  Aiken · Comprehensive · 803-641-1065

  Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm (Closed 1:00pm-2:00pm)

Aiken County economy

• 3.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 80,978

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 171,949

  people in Aiken County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $67,940

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 39%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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