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Beaufort, SC jobs, layoffs and employers

9 open professional jobs in Beaufort. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Beaufort is in Beaufort County.

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Employers hiring most in Beaufort

  1. Adams Outdoor Advertising1 open role
  2. Beaufort County1 open role
  3. Beaufort County School District1 open role
  4. Collins Family & Elder Law Group1 open role
  5. Sikorsky Aircraft1 open role
  6. Thompson Construction Group1 open role
  7. TrulyHired1 open role
  8. U.S. Marine Corps1 open role
  9. Ulta Beauty1 open role

Beaufort layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 157

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Beaufort, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & SpaTakes effect Nov 3, 2026Beaufort County157—State record

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Beaufort 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 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 8.8% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.5%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+716 jobs), retail (+592 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−597 jobs), management of companies (−347 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Beaufort. 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).

  • Beaufort Comprehensive Center

    Beaufort · Comprehensive · 843-524-3351

    Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Beaufort County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 87,479

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 192,123

    people in Beaufort County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $84,819

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from South Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. South Carolina unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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