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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > South Carolina > Greenville

Greenville

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2023
Greenville, SC, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in South Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Economy at a Glance:
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
Data Series Back
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2024		 Nov
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (m)466.3 (m)465.3 (m)465.0 479.9 (p)482.5  

Employment(1)

 (m)447.1 (m)446.8 (m)447.8 461.6 (p)462.6  

Unemployment(1)

 (m)19.2 (m)18.5 (m)17.2 18.3 (p)19.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (m)4.1 (m)4.0 (m)3.7 3.8 (p)4.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 474.4 478.6 479.3 469.8 475.0 (p)479.1

12-month % change

 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.3 1.4 (p)2.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 24.7 24.4 24.6 24.3 24.5 (p)24.8

12-month % change

 11.3 8.9 9.3 10.5 9.4 (p)9.7

Manufacturing(3)

 60.0 60.0 60.3 60.4 60.5 (p)60.9

12-month % change

 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 (p)0.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 86.5 87.6 89.1 86.7 87.0 (p)86.9

12-month % change

 1.2 0.7 1.7 1.3 1.5 (p)1.4

Information(3)

 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 (p)6.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3

Financial Activities(3)

 23.5 23.8 23.8 23.2 23.5 (p)23.6

12-month % change

 2.2 3.9 3.5 0.9 2.2 (p)2.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 76.2 78.1 78.2 75.2 76.7 (p)78.2

12-month % change

 0.4 1.8 2.5 0.8 1.1 (p)3.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 67.5 67.6 67.2 65.7 66.9 (p)67.2

12-month % change

 4.3 4.3 5.2 3.0 3.4 (p)4.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 50.8 51.2 50.6 49.3 49.9 (p)51.7

12-month % change

 0.0 0.2 -1.4 -0.8 -0.8 (p)1.6

Other Services(3)

 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.3 17.5 (p)17.5

12-month % change

 6.1 6.1 6.7 4.2 4.8 (p)4.2

Government(3)

 61.9 62.6 62.0 61.5 62.3 (p)62.1

12-month % change

 -1.7 -1.3 -1.7 -0.6 -1.6 (p)-2.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary