Kershaw County, SC

FIPS 45055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kershaw County had an annual average of 18,335 jobs across 1,568 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

18,335

-0.4% YoY

Establishments

1,568

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$49,085

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 Kershaw County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
455 NAICS 455 1,808 32 $780 $73.3M
722 NAICS 722 1,688 104 $401 $35.2M
621 NAICS 621 1,050 88 $1,692 $92.3M
238 NAICS 238 799 119 $991 $41.2M
561 NAICS 561 646 88 $669 $22.5M
541 NAICS 541 581 176 $1,425 $43.1M
624 NAICS 624 534 73 $545 $15.1M
445 NAICS 445 483 31 $397 $10.0M
325 NAICS 325 445 13 $1,656 $38.3M
336 NAICS 336 393 8 $1,037 $21.2M
441 NAICS 441 388 39 $939 $18.9M
522 NAICS 522 326 52 $1,286 $21.8M
321 NAICS 321 249 5 $1,288 $16.7M
611 NAICS 611 248 21 $621 $8.0M
444 NAICS 444 248 12 $620 $8.0M
313 NAICS 313 220 8 $1,451 $16.6M
562 NAICS 562 209 11 $1,467 $15.9M
813 NAICS 813 186 18 $481 $4.7M
115 NAICS 115 184 13 $1,009 $9.6M
811 NAICS 811 182 50 $840 $7.9M
236 NAICS 236 172 35 $1,250 $11.2M
493 NAICS 493 167 7 $951 $8.3M
524 NAICS 524 150 41 $1,114 $8.7M
314 NAICS 314 135 4 $1,026 $7.2M
484 NAICS 484 132 31 $1,121 $7.7M
713 NAICS 713 126 16 $302 $2.0M
221 NAICS 221 119 9 $1,319 $8.1M
812 NAICS 812 117 29 $560 $3.4M
456 NAICS 456 113 17 $753 $4.4M
237 NAICS 237 113 13 $923 $5.4M
459 NAICS 459 111 25 $378 $2.2M
721 NAICS 721 98 14 $428 $2.2M
491 NAICS 491 94 8 $1,324 $6.5M
926 NAICS 926 92 7 $1,137 $5.3M
212 NAICS 212 91 5 $2,360 $11.2M
423 NAICS 423 89 23 $1,646 $7.6M
923 NAICS 923 77 5 $874 $3.5M
531 NAICS 531 76 40 $786 $3.1M
458 NAICS 458 72 17 $555 $2.1M
332 NAICS 332 69 7 $1,103 $4.0M
921 NAICS 921 41 2 $2,519 $5.4M
517 NAICS 517 37 5 $1,170 $2.2M
532 NAICS 532 37 12 $751 $1.4M
113 NAICS 113 36 10 $1,271 $2.4M
424 NAICS 424 33 10 $1,054 $1.8M
551 NAICS 551 33 6 $1,839 $3.1M
339 NAICS 339 28 6 $1,240 $1.8M
425 NAICS 425 26 9 $1,875 $2.5M
523 NAICS 523 20 8 $2,771 $2.8M
513 NAICS 513 16 8 $2,050 $1.7M
922 NAICS 922 16 5 $2,872 $1.1M
814 NAICS 814 16 19 $497 $0.4M
323 NAICS 323 13 5 $712 $0.5M
924 NAICS 924 10 2 $1,610 $0.9M
519 NAICS 519 4 4 $2,545 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

147

jobs · $87,664 avg pay

State Government

875

jobs · $47,668 avg pay

Local Government

2,332

jobs · $46,612 avg pay

Private

14,981

jobs · $49,174 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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