Lancaster County, SC

FIPS 45057 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lancaster County had an annual average of 28,111 jobs across 2,235 establishments, paying $1.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

28,111

+2.5% YoY

Establishments

2,235

Total Wages

$1.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$64,548

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 Lancaster County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 2,259 370 $2,082 $244.6M
722 NAICS 722 2,213 134 $413 $47.6M
621 NAICS 621 1,873 115 $1,746 $170.1M
551 NAICS 551 1,569 24 $2,252 $183.7M
561 NAICS 561 1,346 104 $654 $45.8M
455 NAICS 455 1,042 36 $555 $30.1M
445 NAICS 445 873 50 $507 $23.0M
623 NAICS 623 698 10 $719 $26.1M
238 NAICS 238 664 113 $1,309 $45.2M
624 NAICS 624 569 87 $623 $18.4M
444 NAICS 444 526 22 $782 $21.4M
524 NAICS 524 512 58 $1,798 $47.9M
313 NAICS 313 503 5 $896 $23.5M
811 NAICS 811 438 82 $807 $18.4M
424 NAICS 424 419 27 $2,370 $51.6M
522 NAICS 522 406 54 $1,675 $35.4M
456 NAICS 456 288 34 $758 $11.4M
562 NAICS 562 262 12 $1,599 $21.8M
339 NAICS 339 238 18 $1,399 $17.3M
441 NAICS 441 223 36 $938 $10.9M
531 NAICS 531 212 74 $1,107 $12.2M
457 NAICS 457 211 40 $544 $6.0M
236 NAICS 236 201 51 $1,570 $16.4M
332 NAICS 332 195 11 $1,159 $11.7M
812 NAICS 812 194 49 $628 $6.3M
449 NAICS 449 190 27 $761 $7.5M
532 NAICS 532 180 10 $2,171 $20.3M
611 NAICS 611 179 22 $748 $7.0M
337 NAICS 337 172 10 $1,149 $10.3M
459 NAICS 459 158 31 $658 $5.4M
923 NAICS 923 138 5 $900 $6.4M
713 NAICS 713 138 19 $363 $2.6M
237 NAICS 237 128 8 $1,384 $9.2M
458 NAICS 458 115 19 $366 $2.2M
334 NAICS 334 107 7 $2,803 $15.6M
333 NAICS 333 103 11 $1,239 $6.7M
491 NAICS 491 103 4 $1,303 $7.0M
484 NAICS 484 91 42 $1,042 $4.9M
926 NAICS 926 86 7 $1,108 $4.8M
326 NAICS 326 80 6 $1,323 $5.5M
221 NAICS 221 60 10 $2,384 $7.5M
513 NAICS 513 52 33 $3,126 $8.5M
813 NAICS 813 40 16 $1,331 $2.8M
924 NAICS 924 36 5 $1,447 $2.2M
518 NAICS 518 35 19 $1,689 $3.0M
622 NAICS 622 28 7 $1,107 $1.6M
115 NAICS 115 27 5 $688 $1.0M
721 NAICS 721 22 6 $458 $0.5M
113 NAICS 113 21 5 $950 $1.0M
711 NAICS 711 18 8 $781 $0.7M
323 NAICS 323 15 7 $753 $0.6M
519 NAICS 519 15 13 $1,844 $1.4M
488 NAICS 488 14 6 $1,170 $0.8M
814 NAICS 814 8 13 $324 $0.1M
321 NAICS 321 7 5 $3,070 $1.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

125

jobs · $68,241 avg pay

State Government

1,456

jobs · $62,878 avg pay

Local Government

3,320

jobs · $54,568 avg pay

Private

23,210

jobs · $66,063 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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