Sumter County, SC

FIPS 45085 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Sumter County had an annual average of 35,179 jobs across 2,305 establishments, paying $1.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

35,179

-1.1% YoY

Establishments

2,305

Total Wages

$1.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,274

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 Sumter County, SC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,123 162 $656 $60.4M
611 NAICS 611 2,563 65 $1,035 $129.1M
621 NAICS 621 2,428 137 $2,159 $171.7M
561 NAICS 561 1,853 110 $782 $75.4M
237 NAICS 237 1,249 18 $1,699 $110.3M
624 NAICS 624 1,213 220 $631 $32.5M
541 NAICS 541 1,018 230 $1,388 $72.7M
455 NAICS 455 990 53 $480 $24.7M
238 NAICS 238 926 108 $1,035 $49.9M
445 NAICS 445 893 49 $823 $22.1M
332 NAICS 332 853 22 $1,336 $59.3M
928 NAICS 928 780 2 $1,723 $69.9M
441 NAICS 441 621 53 $990 $32.0M
423 NAICS 423 588 36 $1,356 $41.5M
522 NAICS 522 477 54 $1,213 $30.1M
812 NAICS 812 445 56 $602 $13.9M
811 NAICS 811 438 62 $1,190 $27.1M
444 NAICS 444 429 22 $619 $13.8M
457 NAICS 457 399 62 $579 $12.0M
484 NAICS 484 392 39 $1,229 $25.1M
236 NAICS 236 335 51 $1,246 $21.7M
459 NAICS 459 328 53 $617 $10.5M
721 NAICS 721 319 35 $616 $7.7M
713 NAICS 713 306 21 $520 $5.4M
456 NAICS 456 295 39 $615 $9.4M
524 NAICS 524 294 37 $1,959 $29.9M
325 NAICS 325 241 7 $1,552 $19.5M
327 NAICS 327 229 6 $1,178 $14.0M
551 NAICS 551 227 18 $4,291 $50.7M
922 NAICS 922 226 4 $1,122 $13.2M
562 NAICS 562 213 10 $988 $11.0M
923 NAICS 923 203 9 $1,497 $10.1M
458 NAICS 458 194 33 $465 $4.7M
492 NAICS 492 175 4 $1,073 $9.8M
491 NAICS 491 156 8 $1,323 $10.7M
449 NAICS 449 154 24 $769 $6.2M
926 NAICS 926 143 9 $1,630 $7.9M
221 NAICS 221 136 9 $1,683 $11.9M
531 NAICS 531 136 32 $971 $6.9M
111 NAICS 111 110 12 $907 $5.2M
517 NAICS 517 107 11 $1,352 $7.6M
425 NAICS 425 73 8 $1,521 $5.7M
112 NAICS 112 68 6 $474 $1.7M
424 NAICS 424 61 18 $1,929 $6.1M
336 NAICS 336 55 3 $1,557 $4.4M
532 NAICS 532 49 15 $783 $2.0M
814 NAICS 814 46 43 $385 $0.9M
813 NAICS 813 46 14 $896 $2.2M
513 NAICS 513 38 3 $1,581 $3.1M
924 NAICS 924 37 5 $1,098 $1.7M
488 NAICS 488 31 9 $764 $1.2M
337 NAICS 337 29 3 $849 $1.3M
485 NAICS 485 21 5 $509 $0.6M
113 NAICS 113 17 5 $1,055 $0.9M
519 NAICS 519 7 1 $593 $0.2M
921 NAICS 921 6 1 $2,142 $0.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,262

jobs · $77,952 avg pay

State Government

1,130

jobs · $51,466 avg pay

Local Government

3,312

jobs · $53,116 avg pay

Private

29,475

jobs · $52,304 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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