Horry County, SC

FIPS 45051 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Horry County had an annual average of 144,489 jobs across 12,485 establishments, paying $6.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

144,489

+2.4% YoY

Establishments

12,485

Total Wages

$6.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,046

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 Horry County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 — —
722 NAICS 722 24,512 1,213 $470 $599.6M
561 NAICS 561 7,913 765 $862 $354.7M
621 NAICS 621 7,131 745 $1,970 $584.7M
622 NAICS 622 6,996 51 $1,307 $469.0M
721 NAICS 721 6,510 219 $805 $272.5M
455 NAICS 455 6,438 195 $577 $193.3M
238 NAICS 238 5,761 869 $1,083 $324.5M
921 NAICS 921 5,306 11 $2,546 $307.0M
541 NAICS 541 4,946 1,528 $1,629 $375.3M
445 NAICS 445 4,680 226 $550 $133.8M
713 NAICS 713 4,082 194 $506 $107.3M
531 NAICS 531 3,516 824 $958 $175.1M
441 NAICS 441 3,509 184 $1,241 $226.3M
458 NAICS 458 3,452 358 $481 $86.3M
624 NAICS 624 2,274 301 $529 $62.5M
444 NAICS 444 2,202 120 $753 $86.2M
459 NAICS 459 2,172 256 $590 $66.6M
236 NAICS 236 1,894 358 $1,638 $161.3M
522 NAICS 522 1,888 254 $1,511 $148.3M
623 NAICS 623 1,846 57 $721 $69.3M
812 NAICS 812 1,701 355 $651 $57.6M
237 NAICS 237 1,564 79 $1,267 $103.0M
423 NAICS 423 1,414 221 $1,323 $97.2M
811 NAICS 811 1,328 331 $852 $58.8M
456 NAICS 456 1,258 164 $733 $47.9M
449 NAICS 449 1,242 134 $931 $60.1M
457 NAICS 457 1,227 172 $597 $38.1M
524 NAICS 524 1,166 279 $1,453 $88.1M
424 NAICS 424 1,105 118 $1,089 $62.5M
517 NAICS 517 984 48 $1,480 $75.7M
711 NAICS 711 949 77 $588 $29.0M
611 NAICS 611 814 102 $680 $28.8M
532 NAICS 532 758 117 $839 $33.1M
492 NAICS 492 734 12 $983 $37.6M
484 NAICS 484 686 118 $1,058 $37.7M
221 NAICS 221 641 34 $1,792 $50.9M
562 NAICS 562 612 51 $1,290 $41.1M
813 NAICS 813 605 112 $818 $25.7M
488 NAICS 488 547 36 $697 $19.8M
551 NAICS 551 530 92 $1,870 $51.5M
491 NAICS 491 518 12 $1,312 $35.4M
332 NAICS 332 493 34 $1,154 $29.6M
321 NAICS 321 439 15 $1,448 $33.1M
923 NAICS 923 430 9 $1,723 $22.1M
926 NAICS 926 408 14 $2,197 $31.0M
334 NAICS 334 326 37 $1,053 $17.9M
339 NAICS 339 315 56 $1,057 $17.3M
523 NAICS 523 306 134 $3,152 $50.1M
425 NAICS 425 299 84 $1,532 $23.8M
327 NAICS 327 294 19 $1,249 $19.1M
516 NAICS 516 259 30 $1,423 $19.2M
712 NAICS 712 250 9 $511 $6.7M
312 NAICS 312 230 6 $921 $11.0M
513 NAICS 513 227 64 $1,856 $22.0M
493 NAICS 493 220 21 $925 $10.6M
311 NAICS 311 218 24 $534 $6.0M
485 NAICS 485 217 22 $759 $8.6M
922 NAICS 922 215 9 $1,445 $15.0M
333 NAICS 333 154 26 $1,186 $9.5M
487 NAICS 487 146 17 $570 $4.3M
512 NAICS 512 129 13 $303 $2.0M
814 NAICS 814 119 98 $628 $3.9M
336 NAICS 336 113 11 $878 $5.2M
924 NAICS 924 108 6 $1,269 $3.9M
323 NAICS 323 98 28 $840 $4.3M
337 NAICS 337 92 25 $1,034 $4.9M
115 NAICS 115 90 18 $1,199 $5.6M
518 NAICS 518 83 60 $2,390 $10.3M
313 NAICS 313 72 6 $920 $3.4M
113 NAICS 113 68 10 $1,260 $4.5M
212 NAICS 212 65 6 $2,954 $9.9M
325 NAICS 325 55 16 $2,255 $6.5M
315 NAICS 315 50 7 $610 $1.6M
111 NAICS 111 40 18 $621 $1.3M
481 NAICS 481 34 12 $1,898 $3.4M
314 NAICS 314 28 9 $788 $1.1M
519 NAICS 519 26 37 $1,764 $2.4M
928 NAICS 928 15 1 $2,147 $1.7M
533 NAICS 533 12 4 $2,111 $1.3M
335 NAICS 335 6 5 $2,696 $0.8M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,030

jobs · $81,718 avg pay

State Government

3,673

jobs · $63,003 avg pay

Local Government

15,259

jobs · $59,734 avg pay

Private

124,527

jobs · $45,893 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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