Pickens County, SC

FIPS 45077 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Pickens County had an annual average of 29,008 jobs across 2,881 establishments, paying $1.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,008

+2.5% YoY

Establishments

2,881

Total Wages

$1.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$46,385

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 Pickens County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,550 287 $376 $108.6M
333 NAICS 333 1,667 24 $1,339 $116.1M
455 NAICS 455 1,583 49 $531 $43.7M
621 NAICS 621 1,525 147 $1,449 $114.9M
445 NAICS 445 1,353 48 $454 $31.9M
541 NAICS 541 1,116 360 $1,573 $91.3M
713 NAICS 713 1,040 38 $470 $25.4M
238 NAICS 238 1,037 218 $1,043 $56.2M
561 NAICS 561 892 152 $795 $36.9M
623 NAICS 623 786 20 $750 $30.7M
334 NAICS 334 731 13 $1,479 $56.2M
624 NAICS 624 678 139 $570 $20.1M
441 NAICS 441 665 50 $1,115 $38.6M
444 NAICS 444 609 24 $604 $19.1M
721 NAICS 721 466 26 $475 $11.5M
459 NAICS 459 450 65 $635 $14.9M
812 NAICS 812 450 63 $622 $14.5M
325 NAICS 325 425 8 $1,422 $31.4M
221 NAICS 221 394 13 $1,977 $38.5M
811 NAICS 811 393 93 $833 $17.0M
423 NAICS 423 393 43 $1,228 $25.1M
313 NAICS 313 372 5 $1,009 $19.5M
456 NAICS 456 349 49 $778 $14.1M
457 NAICS 457 336 58 $613 $10.7M
522 NAICS 522 335 63 $1,470 $25.6M
531 NAICS 531 335 106 $862 $15.0M
611 NAICS 611 326 28 $843 $14.3M
236 NAICS 236 318 94 $1,249 $20.7M
311 NAICS 311 294 8 $883 $13.5M
622 NAICS 622 290 16 $1,400 $21.1M
458 NAICS 458 254 30 $537 $7.1M
326 NAICS 326 232 3 $942 $11.3M
332 NAICS 332 232 28 $1,107 $13.4M
449 NAICS 449 220 34 $888 $10.2M
524 NAICS 524 176 58 $1,554 $14.2M
323 NAICS 323 164 11 $887 $7.6M
491 NAICS 491 163 8 $1,365 $11.5M
484 NAICS 484 135 37 $1,014 $7.1M
492 NAICS 492 125 4 $619 $4.0M
327 NAICS 327 110 6 $1,422 $8.1M
923 NAICS 923 109 7 $888 $5.0M
237 NAICS 237 101 22 $978 $5.1M
813 NAICS 813 98 22 $1,185 $6.1M
924 NAICS 924 95 5 $2,135 $4.5M
926 NAICS 926 92 6 $1,395 $5.5M
518 NAICS 518 71 17 $2,059 $7.6M
321 NAICS 321 66 10 $604 $2.1M
424 NAICS 424 61 20 $1,696 $5.4M
337 NAICS 337 60 8 $958 $3.0M
425 NAICS 425 58 21 $1,876 $5.7M
551 NAICS 551 54 25 $2,285 $6.4M
513 NAICS 513 52 15 $2,189 $5.9M
562 NAICS 562 39 14 $1,127 $2.3M
517 NAICS 517 36 8 $1,797 $3.4M
814 NAICS 814 34 32 $433 $0.8M
111 NAICS 111 29 6 $642 $1.0M
922 NAICS 922 27 3 $1,245 $1.7M
339 NAICS 339 23 8 $1,289 $1.5M
532 NAICS 532 21 8 $883 $1.0M
112 NAICS 112 19 3 $988 $1.0M
928 NAICS 928 6 1 $1,404 $0.4M
335 NAICS 335 6 6 $1,018 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

185

jobs · $73,479 avg pay

Private

28,823

jobs · $46,212 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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