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Workforce
Abbeville County, South Carolina

Unemployment Rates

In January 2006, the unemployment rate for Abbeville and its surrounding counties was 6.1%.

January 2006
County
Labor Force
Unemployed
Abbeville 12,370 890
Anderson 81,670 5,830
Greenville 206,200 10,690
Greenwood 30,340 2,780
Laurens 33,110 2,120
McCormick 3,730 420
Totals (5.60%) 370,420 22,730

Wage Rates

Wage rates for select industrial positions in the Abbeville County region are highly competitive:

(2006 Hourly Wages)

POSITION MINIMUM AVERAGE MAXIMUM
Assembler $9.02 $12.41 $14.11
Coating, Painting & Spraying Machine Operators $11.14 $14.87 $16.73
Extruding/Forming Machine Operators $11.25 $14.59 $16.26
Industrial Truck Operators $10.05 $16.20 $21.50
Machine Forming Operators $10.54 $15.23 $17.57
Machinists $10.38 $15.62 $18.06
Maintenance Repairers $10.00 $13.00 $15.95
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators $7.99 $11.17 $12.75
Plastic Molding Machine Operators $11.08 $14.53 $16.25

Unionization Rate

• South Carolina has the nation’s lowest unionization rate at 1.8%. The state’s workforce is first in the southeast and third in the U.S. in productivity. Abbeville County has no unionized industries.

Workforce Development Programs

• Piedmont Technical College serves Abbeville County and is a partner with The Center for Accelerated Technology Training. Programs are customized for employees of new and expanding industries. The Center has long been recognized as the nation’s most successful workforce development program.

Labor Force Characteristics
Abbeville
Calhoun Falls
Honea Path

The Lakelands Region of South Carolina Workforce Report

Recently, a worforce report for the Abbeville labor market was prepared by Pathfinders of Dallas. The report shows that employers are highly satisfied with the region's workforce and identifies important information pertaining to underemployed workers. The data is helpful to those industries interested in locating in Abbeville County and existing industry, which may be contemplating expansion.

Click below to view the study.

Lakelands Available Labor Study