Announced Job Creation

Number of Advertised Jobs and Number of Registered Job Candidates by Top Six County Distribution, November 2009

Available Jobs

Available Candidates

Richland

5,417

Spartanburg

3,484

Charleston

4,661

Greenville

2,202

Greenville

3,801

Cherokee

1,768

Horry

1,804

Union

1,255

Spartanburg

1,679

Richland

1,192

Beaufort

1,386

Lexington

856

SC Department of Commerce

LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION

Labor force Participation, For Population age 25 to 64

 

% In Labor Force

% Employed

Unemployment Rate

 

Sptbg

SC

US

Sptbg

SC

US

Sptbg

SC

US

2008

73.7

75.9

79.1

68.7

70.4

74.7

6.6

6.2

5.0

2007

72.8

75.1

77.5

68.8

70.3

73.4

5.2

5.4

4.9

2006

77.0

75.4

77.5

72.4

70.8

73.3

5.9

5.5

5.0

2005

74.8

75.7

77.8

69.4

70.5

73.2

7.2

6.2

5.4