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South Carolina's Employment Situation for July 2017

South Carolina’s Employment Situation     July 2017 Revisions send unemployment rate below 4 percent, employment up almost 41,000 since…

South Carolina's employment situation for June 2017

South Carolina’s Employment Situation     June 2017 Unemployment rate hits 4 percent, number of unemployed drops 4,800 The…

South Carolina's employment situation for May 2017

South Carolina’s Employment Situation     May 2017 Unemployment rate decrease continues, number of unemployed drops below 100,…

South Carolina's Employment Situation April 2018

South Carolina’s Employment Situation April 2018 Unemployment rate declines to 4.2 percent, employment continues record climb South Carolina’s…

DEW Executive Director's Statement April 2018

DEW Executive Director Cheryl Stanton’s Statement April 2018 Employment Statement “South Carolina’s businesses are hiring and have put a record…

Available jobs increase across the state in April

There were 61,200 advertised jobs in South Carolina during April increasing by 800 from 60,300 jobs in March, according to the Conference Board’s…

South Carolina's Employment Situation March 2018

South Carolina’s Employment Situation     March 2018 Employment, businesses’ payrolls set new records in March The number of…

DEW Executive Director's Statement March 2018

DEW Executive Director Cheryl Stanton’s Statement March 2018 Employment Statement “More and more people are entering the workforce as businesses…

60K jobs available across the state in March

60K jobs available across the state in March There were more than 60,000 advertised jobs in South Carolina during March, according to the Conference…

S.C. veterans’ unemployment rate drops in 2017

S.C. veterans’ unemployment rate drops in 2017 South Carolina’s annual unemployment rate from veterans declined to 3.9 percent in 2017 from 5…