Orangeburg County, SC

FIPS 45075 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Orangeburg County had an annual average of 27,858 jobs across 1,850 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

27,858

-1.7% YoY

Establishments

1,850

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,286

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 Orangeburg County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,697 143 $407 $57.1M
621 NAICS 621 1,253 106 $1,750 $70.2M
455 NAICS 455 989 56 $456 $23.5M
921 NAICS 921 979 14 $948 $48.2M
561 NAICS 561 892 64 $552 $25.6M
611 NAICS 611 718 22 $880 $32.8M
484 NAICS 484 712 60 $1,279 $47.4M
445 NAICS 445 704 47 $461 $16.9M
493 NAICS 493 699 9 $1,061 $38.6M
424 NAICS 424 573 21 $835 $24.9M
457 NAICS 457 546 82 $529 $15.0M
423 NAICS 423 468 35 $1,135 $27.6M
441 NAICS 441 464 46 $915 $22.1M
444 NAICS 444 405 24 $746 $15.7M
721 NAICS 721 384 37 $441 $8.8M
522 NAICS 522 339 53 $1,389 $20.7M
311 NAICS 311 333 6 $1,226 $21.2M
238 NAICS 238 314 74 $1,049 $17.1M
325 NAICS 325 313 6 $1,926 $31.3M
236 NAICS 236 309 29 $1,795 $28.9M
811 NAICS 811 276 59 $909 $13.0M
456 NAICS 456 262 37 $778 $10.6M
459 NAICS 459 247 34 $832 $10.7M
923 NAICS 923 245 9 $1,426 $12.2M
237 NAICS 237 234 12 $1,846 $22.5M
321 NAICS 321 222 13 $1,269 $14.6M
111 NAICS 111 203 23 $914 $9.7M
926 NAICS 926 184 8 $1,193 $11.2M
332 NAICS 332 169 12 $969 $8.5M
323 NAICS 323 156 6 $968 $7.9M
488 NAICS 488 143 11 $844 $6.3M
491 NAICS 491 137 15 $1,214 $8.7M
812 NAICS 812 132 36 $567 $3.9M
113 NAICS 113 112 15 $1,088 $6.4M
458 NAICS 458 100 20 $486 $2.5M
531 NAICS 531 93 32 $890 $4.3M
524 NAICS 524 93 31 $1,189 $5.7M
532 NAICS 532 80 17 $864 $3.6M
562 NAICS 562 71 8 $1,205 $4.4M
924 NAICS 924 62 6 $1,128 $2.7M
115 NAICS 115 59 12 $1,105 $3.4M
112 NAICS 112 47 12 $1,131 $2.8M
449 NAICS 449 46 12 $692 $1.7M
922 NAICS 922 32 4 $1,169 $1.9M
928 NAICS 928 28 1 $1,859 $2.7M
814 NAICS 814 21 27 $399 $0.4M
813 NAICS 813 16 6 $619 $0.5M
337 NAICS 337 14 3 $823 $0.6M
999 NAICS 999 1 1 $395 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

258

jobs · $71,919 avg pay

State Government

2,708

jobs · $39,176 avg pay

Local Government

3,092

jobs · $53,407 avg pay

Private

21,800

jobs · $56,075 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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