Cherokee County, SC

FIPS 45021 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Cherokee County had an annual average of 18,064 jobs across 988 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

18,064

-4.7% YoY

Establishments

988

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,261

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 Cherokee County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,608 88 $407 $34.0M
313 NAICS 313 1,018 9 $955 $50.6M
561 NAICS 561 928 38 $785 $37.9M
611 NAICS 611 584 10 $804 $24.4M
455 NAICS 455 546 23 $523 $14.8M
238 NAICS 238 530 59 $1,395 $38.4M
423 NAICS 423 501 15 $964 $25.1M
921 NAICS 921 473 3 $882 $21.7M
621 NAICS 621 435 42 $1,016 $23.0M
624 NAICS 624 394 50 $440 $9.0M
484 NAICS 484 374 16 $1,219 $23.7M
445 NAICS 445 333 26 $401 $6.9M
457 NAICS 457 322 46 $555 $9.3M
326 NAICS 326 318 3 $1,308 $21.6M
459 NAICS 459 291 21 $641 $9.7M
441 NAICS 441 218 22 $1,007 $11.4M
332 NAICS 332 216 16 $1,116 $12.5M
458 NAICS 458 207 20 $390 $4.2M
444 NAICS 444 204 14 $559 $5.9M
812 NAICS 812 198 19 $415 $4.3M
811 NAICS 811 190 35 $797 $7.9M
236 NAICS 236 188 23 $1,551 $15.1M
522 NAICS 522 147 29 $1,129 $8.7M
721 NAICS 721 143 13 $399 $3.0M
456 NAICS 456 120 15 $623 $3.9M
926 NAICS 926 96 6 $1,829 $6.5M
424 NAICS 424 95 10 $1,019 $5.0M
237 NAICS 237 91 8 $1,145 $5.4M
524 NAICS 524 87 15 $1,565 $7.1M
221 NAICS 221 84 7 $1,984 $8.7M
425 NAICS 425 82 8 $1,202 $5.2M
923 NAICS 923 81 5 $849 $3.6M
531 NAICS 531 67 25 $1,080 $3.8M
449 NAICS 449 66 8 $756 $2.6M
491 NAICS 491 64 2 $1,353 $4.5M
339 NAICS 339 59 4 $1,352 $4.2M
532 NAICS 532 48 7 $1,043 $2.6M
488 NAICS 488 26 7 $1,077 $1.4M
922 NAICS 922 26 4 $1,214 $1.6M
337 NAICS 337 24 4 $928 $1.2M
813 NAICS 813 24 8 $389 $0.5M
513 NAICS 513 23 5 $722 $0.9M
924 NAICS 924 13 3 $747 $0.5M
562 NAICS 562 11 6 $1,272 $0.7M
712 NAICS 712 10 1 $1,340 $0.7M
814 NAICS 814 6 10 $349 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

87

jobs · $73,887 avg pay

State Government

247

jobs · $51,506 avg pay

Local Government

2,003

jobs · $51,161 avg pay

Private

15,727

jobs · $47,699 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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