Abbeville County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Abbeville County’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Abbeville County economy

4.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
10,805
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,352
people in Abbeville County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,112
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Abbeville County outlook: Steady

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

Private-sector jobs up 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.2 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

Growing concerns: Store closure leaves grocery gap in Greenwood neighborhoodIndex-Journal · Oct 16, 2026
South Carolina company to lay off Illinois workers this monthJournal Star · Oct 1, 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.

Abbeville County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Abbeville County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Abbeville 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.

Prysmian S.p.A.3 open roles
ACS Manufacturing1 open role

Colleges in Abbeville County

Colleges in Abbeville County
College	City	Type	Students
Erskine College	Due West	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Abbeville County. 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).

Upper Savannah Workforce Development Board
Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda

Cities in Abbeville County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from South Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. South Carolina unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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