York, SC jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in York
- Manager, Facilities Operations CommissioningQTS Data Centers
- Safety ManagerGilbane
- Controller - Operations Finance ManagerCummins
- Production Coordinator - 2nd ShiftCummins
- YDA Manufacturing Engineer - SeniorCummins
- Program CoordinatorAppleOne Employment Services
- Owner’s Rep – Field Engineer – Data CenterPkaza
- Head of SalesCrystalia Glass
- Manufacturing EngineerMacLean Power Systems
- Process Engineer 1MacLean Power Systems
Employers hiring most in York
- Cummins3 open roles
- MacLean Power Systems2 open roles
- AppleOne Employment Services1 open role
- Crystalia Glass1 open role
- Gilbane1 open role
- Pkaza1 open role
- QTS Data Centers1 open role
York layoffs
No layoff notices naming York in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
York 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 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,320 jobs), hotels & food (+1,203 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,403 jobs), admin & staffing (−639 jobs)
Learn and get funded in York
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- 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 York. 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).
- Catawba Regional Workforce Development Board
Chester, Lancaster, York
York County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
160,966
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
288,559
people in York County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,060
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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