Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian South Carolina

Largest industrial share in 2017: Professional & Technical Services, 115,000 jobs, 15.7 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Coal, Gas, & Other Mining, 33.6 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Coal, Gas, & Other Mining, 31.5 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 732 2,017 2,749 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $48,442 $46,750 $47,201 $46,697 $57,187

Professional, Technical Services 115 272 386 1,619 28,479 15.7 13.5 14.0 12.1 14.5 $32,677 $40,874 $38,442 $43,107 $61,372

Manufacturing 95 156 251 1,342 13,307 13.0 7.7 9.1 10.0 6.8 $71,717 $70,200 $70,774 $63,583 $77,469

State & Local Government 79 244 323 1,488 19,619 10.8 12.1 11.7 11.1 10.0 $63,048 $59,570 $60,424 $58,113 $69,677

Retail Trade 77 219 296 1,493 19,222 10.5 10.9 10.8 11.1 9.8 $15,887 $12,757 $13,573 $17,906 $22,477

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 68 227 295 1,240 19,155 9.3 11.3 10.7 9.2 9.8 $20,816 $23,035 $22,522 $21,308 $27,685

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 58 184 243 1,040 19,616 8.0 9.1 8.8 7.8 10.0 $43,021 $37,254 $38,638 $37,716 $60,386

Health, Social Services 58 176 233 1,562 22,199 7.9 8.7 8.5 11.6 11.3 $53,102 $51,710 $52,054 $53,807 $56,340

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 54 116 170 874 14,148 7.4 5.8 6.2 6.5 7.2 $81,495 $86,099 $84,638 $80,686 $83,878

Personal & Other Services 42 124 165 793 11,170 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7 $32,472 $30,626 $31,090 $32,180 $36,353

Construction 41 117 158 775 10,636 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.4 $57,223 $54,775 $55,414 $53,773 $64,788

Education, Information Services 26 54 80 432 8,075 3.6 2.7 2.9 3.2 4.1 $106,594 $105,417 $105,802 $79,670 $82,520

Federal Government, Military 8 78 87 241 4,786 1.1 3.9 3.1 1.8 2.4 $54,387 $76,107 $74,030 $78,938 $91,808

Farming, Forestry 7 35 42 325 3,552 1.0 1.7 1.5 2.4 1.8 $6,438 $14,640 $13,209 $13,726 $28,111

Utilities 2 12 14 57 664 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 $130,065 $109,944 $112,813 $109,314 $125,893

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 1 4 5 140 1,505 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.8 $21,254 $26,706 $25,526 $48,966 $67,769

2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

South Carolina App. U.S. South Carolina App. U.S. South Carolina App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 13.0 11.7 12.1 4.7 9.6 4.1 5.3 4.9 3.7 3.4

Professional, Technical Services 12.0 17.5 15.8 7.1 12.0 9.9 19.3 16.9 9.3 7.8

Manufacturing 11.8 8.2 9.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 7.8 6.9 3.4 1.4

State & Local Government 9.0 3.5 4.8 -0.7 2.3 9.3 9.7 9.7 6.8 7.9

Retail Trade 10.7 7.8 8.5 2.5 6.4 6.9 25.5 19.4 22.4 15.6

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 15.4 17.0 16.6 11.6 15.1 9.6 13.5 12.6 6.2 8.0

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 18.1 11.3 12.8 8.6 11.7 -14.8 -12.7 -13.1 -2.5 2.9

Health, Social Services 18.6 11.6 13.2 5.3 10.5 1.3 4.6 3.8 4.7 4.1

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 15.8 24.0 21.3 6.2 16.8 -1.8 -6.3 -4.8 -0.6 -5.6

Personal & Other Services 8.6 9.4 9.2 3.7 7.7 4.2 2.1 2.7 3.1 2.5

Construction 19.4 25.8 24.1 7.2 19.0 23.3 21.4 21.9 3.5 7.9

Education, Information Services 9.7 10.9 10.5 2.4 8.7 1.2 2.3 1.9 4.4 6.5

Federal Government, Military 2.9 -1.1 -0.7 -3.9 -2.9 0.3 -2.4 -2.3 3.4 2.8

Farming, Forestry 2.1 7.1 6.2 0.7 1.3 -54.6 -29.5 -32.5 -6.2 -18.9

Utilities 25.0 8.2 10.3 11.0 14.9 3.7 5.5 5.5 0.3 -2.6

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 33.6 21.5 24.0 -17.3 -2.7 31.5 42.1 39.7 -23.3 -36.4

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

South Carolina App. U.S. South Carolina App. U.S.