Beaufort County, SC

FIPS 45013 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Beaufort County had an annual average of 71,045 jobs across 7,749 establishments, paying $3.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

71,045

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

7,749

Total Wages

$3.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,768

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Beaufort County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — — —
722 NAICS 722 9,861 554 $531 $272.1M
621 NAICS 621 3,990 485 $2,285 $283.8M
561 NAICS 561 3,664 508 $890 $169.5M
541 NAICS 541 3,651 1,205 $1,813 $344.1M
721 NAICS 721 3,622 88 $883 $166.4M
445 NAICS 445 3,077 100 $1,093 $103.4M
238 NAICS 238 2,985 589 $1,205 $187.0M
713 NAICS 713 2,910 124 $691 $104.5M
455 NAICS 455 2,082 59 $645 $66.0M
921 NAICS 921 2,051 6 $3,174 $143.9M
531 NAICS 531 2,039 560 $1,232 $130.6M
813 NAICS 813 1,996 106 $1,019 $105.8M
623 NAICS 623 1,683 44 $866 $75.8M
624 NAICS 624 1,591 175 $821 $59.1M
812 NAICS 812 1,350 234 $1,294 $53.1M
236 NAICS 236 1,289 273 $1,732 $116.1M
444 NAICS 444 1,224 69 $798 $50.8M
611 NAICS 611 1,142 92 $1,366 $56.6M
458 NAICS 458 1,099 149 $546 $31.2M
457 NAICS 457 985 58 $635 $32.5M
622 NAICS 622 943 31 $1,575 $67.3M
459 NAICS 459 920 151 $690 $33.0M
441 NAICS 441 920 58 $1,434 $68.6M
522 NAICS 522 862 131 $1,801 $80.8M
928 NAICS 928 813 2 $1,530 $64.7M
811 NAICS 811 775 174 $1,006 $40.5M
449 NAICS 449 749 85 $937 $36.5M
456 NAICS 456 554 82 $813 $23.4M
524 NAICS 524 546 154 $2,014 $57.1M
922 NAICS 922 445 14 $1,523 $31.7M
423 NAICS 423 390 119 $2,088 $42.3M
523 NAICS 523 344 147 $4,007 $71.6M
532 NAICS 532 296 62 $895 $13.8M
491 NAICS 491 217 14 $1,518 $17.1M
484 NAICS 484 208 48 $995 $10.7M
551 NAICS 551 202 64 $2,159 $22.6M
562 NAICS 562 197 18 $1,366 $14.0M
424 NAICS 424 195 86 $1,498 $15.2M
237 NAICS 237 194 39 $1,197 $12.1M
492 NAICS 492 194 10 $1,223 $12.4M
711 NAICS 711 188 46 $759 $7.4M
221 NAICS 221 172 15 $1,621 $14.5M
923 NAICS 923 162 7 $1,581 $8.0M
425 NAICS 425 147 48 $2,263 $17.3M
513 NAICS 513 140 72 $2,694 $19.6M
323 NAICS 323 125 20 $840 $5.5M
512 NAICS 512 123 10 $343 $2.2M
488 NAICS 488 118 24 $936 $5.7M
312 NAICS 312 113 10 $852 $5.0M
493 NAICS 493 110 9 $917 $5.2M
327 NAICS 327 106 15 $1,692 $9.3M
487 NAICS 487 105 23 $607 $3.3M
339 NAICS 339 104 35 $1,588 $8.6M
321 NAICS 321 103 12 $1,044 $5.6M
485 NAICS 485 88 14 $566 $2.6M
111 NAICS 111 85 10 $1,621 $7.2M
814 NAICS 814 78 87 $695 $2.8M
517 NAICS 517 76 20 $1,353 $5.3M
924 NAICS 924 72 4 $784 $2.9M
926 NAICS 926 71 8 $1,657 $3.7M
311 NAICS 311 68 19 $719 $2.6M
712 NAICS 712 64 6 $1,419 $3.1M
325 NAICS 325 58 16 $1,757 $5.3M
334 NAICS 334 56 22 $2,305 $6.8M
332 NAICS 332 50 14 $1,549 $4.0M
335 NAICS 335 38 10 $1,588 $3.1M
518 NAICS 518 37 30 $2,980 $5.7M
337 NAICS 337 36 7 $887 $1.7M
326 NAICS 326 35 7 $1,646 $3.0M
314 NAICS 314 35 7 $929 $1.7M
333 NAICS 333 35 13 $1,418 $2.6M
519 NAICS 519 29 29 $1,820 $2.8M
113 NAICS 113 21 10 $1,286 $1.4M
336 NAICS 336 20 12 $2,376 $2.4M
525 NAICS 525 20 20 $2,058 $2.2M
115 NAICS 115 10 6 $1,518 $0.8M
114 NAICS 114 10 7 $871 $0.5M
516 NAICS 516 6 8 $2,976 $0.9M
533 NAICS 533 5 6 $1,415 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

2,113

jobs · $70,872 avg pay

State Government

1,070

jobs · $53,230 avg pay

Local Government

7,330

jobs · $71,825 avg pay

Private

60,532

jobs · $52,167 avg pay

SC Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.8%

April 2026

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