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Covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina

Covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina was 2,320,850 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.6% from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs2,320,850
Change on 2024+1.6%
Rank23rd of 51US states ranked
Series high2,320,8502025
Series low1,758,2042010

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Covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina, 2001 to 2025

1.6M1.8M2M2.2M2.4M20012005200920132017202120252001: 1,786,899 jobs2002: 1,765,717 jobs2003: 1,766,861 jobs2004: 1,789,447 jobs2005: 1,819,217 jobs2006: 1,855,842 jobs2007: 1,891,255 jobs2008: 1,876,081 jobs2009: 1,765,739 jobs2010: 1,758,204 jobs2011: 1,780,690 jobs2012: 1,810,150 jobs2013: 1,846,621 jobs2014: 1,895,420 jobs2015: 1,949,881 jobs2016: 1,996,297 jobs2017: 2,035,341 jobs2018: 2,091,683 jobs2019: 2,129,271 jobs2020: 2,028,041 jobs2021: 2,093,950 jobs2022: 2,181,593 jobs2023: 2,243,194 jobs2024: 2,284,611 jobs2025: 2,320,850 jobs1.6M1.8M2M2.2M2.4M2001201020252001: 1,786,899 jobs2002: 1,765,717 jobs2003: 1,766,861 jobs2004: 1,789,447 jobs2005: 1,819,217 jobs2006: 1,855,842 jobs2007: 1,891,255 jobs2008: 1,876,081 jobs2009: 1,765,739 jobs2010: 1,758,204 jobs2011: 1,780,690 jobs2012: 1,810,150 jobs2013: 1,846,621 jobs2014: 1,895,420 jobs2015: 1,949,881 jobs2016: 1,996,297 jobs2017: 2,035,341 jobs2018: 2,091,683 jobs2019: 2,129,271 jobs2020: 2,028,041 jobs2021: 2,093,950 jobs2022: 2,181,593 jobs2023: 2,243,194 jobs2024: 2,284,611 jobs2025: 2,320,850 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
20252,320,850
20242,284,611
20232,243,194
20222,181,593
20212,093,950
20202,028,041
20192,129,271
20182,091,683
20172,035,341
20161,996,297
20151,949,881
20141,895,420
20131,846,621
20121,810,150
20111,780,690
20101,758,204
20091,765,739
20081,876,081
20071,891,255
20061,855,842
20051,819,217
20041,789,447
20031,766,861
20021,765,717
20011,786,899

Compared with United States

Place2025
South Carolina2,320,850
United States155,732,363

South Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,118,878 jobsAlaska: 332,544 jobsArizona: 3,234,783 jobsArkansas: 1,305,532 jobsCalifornia: 18,210,243 jobsColorado: 2,891,626 jobsConnecticut: 1,691,734 jobsDelaware: 481,552 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 741,646 jobsFlorida: 9,914,411 jobsGeorgia: 4,890,150 jobsHawaii: 644,391 jobsIdaho: 874,283 jobsIllinois: 6,067,518 jobsIndiana: 3,190,325 jobsIowa: 1,558,465 jobsKansas: 1,432,626 jobsKentucky: 1,990,460 jobsLouisiana: 1,928,041 jobsMaine: 651,181 jobsMaryland: 2,754,961 jobsMassachusetts: 3,634,042 jobsMichigan: 4,408,446 jobsMinnesota: 2,944,260 jobsMississippi: 1,173,251 jobsMissouri: 2,898,452 jobsMontana: 512,424 jobsNebraska: 1,021,306 jobsNevada: 1,569,260 jobsNew Hampshire: 689,026 jobsNew Jersey: 4,282,851 jobsNew Mexico: 875,212 jobsNew York: 9,791,529 jobsNorth Carolina: 4,941,383 jobsNorth Dakota: 429,567 jobsOhio: 5,534,587 jobsOklahoma: 1,700,650 jobsOregon: 1,987,730 jobsPennsylvania: 6,053,191 jobsRhode Island: 499,321 jobsSouth Carolina: 2,320,850 jobsSouth Dakota: 460,392 jobsTennessee: 3,265,460 jobsTexas: 14,109,957 jobsUtah: 1,741,066 jobsVermont: 308,225 jobsVirginia: 4,149,424 jobsWashington: 3,601,662 jobsWest Virginia: 695,422 jobsWisconsin: 2,945,816 jobsWyoming: 282,252 jobs
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  • 1.3M to 2M
  • 2M to 3M
  • 3M to 4.7M
  • 4.7M and over
Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. South Carolina is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), South Carolina, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), South Carolina, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/south-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), South Carolina, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/south-carolina.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), South Carolina, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/south-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina?

Covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina was 2,320,850 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.6% from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in South Carolina?

2,320,850 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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