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Greenwood County, SC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Greenwood County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 22 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Greenwood County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 29,732

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 69,329

    people in Greenwood County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,635

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Greenwood County ranks

Where Greenwood County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Greenwood 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+454 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−500 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

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Greenwood County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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.

  1. Eaton12 open roles
  2. UHY2 open roles
  3. Agape Care1 open role
  4. Cardinal Health1 open role
  5. Coca-Cola North America bottlers (CONA)1 open role
  6. ES Foundry1 open role
  7. Eyetastic Services1 open role
  8. Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont1 open role
  9. Strickland Brothers1 open role
  10. U.S. Army Reserve Command1 open role

Colleges in Greenwood County

Colleges in Greenwood County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Lander UniversityGreenwoodPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greenwood SC Works

    Greenwood · Comprehensive

    Monday - Friday 8:30am -5:00pm (Closed 12:00am-1:00pm)

Cities in Greenwood 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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