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Manufacturers in South Carolina

328 companies in South Carolina are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, finishing and heat treating and welding and fabrication. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in South Carolina

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. South Carolina has 1.41x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

263,741

2.1% of U.S. · +0.3% year over year

Establishments

9,338

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$75,698

−11% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

328

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Transportation equipment53,248 jobs · LQ 2.04
  2. Plastics and rubber products26,733 jobs · LQ 2.52
  3. Fabricated metal product24,151 jobs · LQ 1.14
  4. Machinery23,517 jobs · LQ 1.44
  5. Chemical23,369 jobs · LQ 1.77
  6. Food18,351 jobs · LQ 0.70

Top counties

  1. Spartanburg County37,316 jobs · LQ 2.92
  2. Greenville County31,239 jobs · LQ 1.28
  3. Charleston County17,539 jobs · LQ 0.77
  4. Anderson County15,784 jobs · LQ 2.64
  5. Lexington County12,593 jobs · LQ 1.16
  6. Richland County12,206 jobs · LQ 0.65

Top metro areas

  1. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC108,963 jobs · LQ 0.99
  2. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC59,418 jobs · LQ 1.68
  3. Spartanburg, SC39,159 jobs · LQ 2.93
  4. Charleston-North Charleston, SC34,312 jobs · LQ 1.08
  5. Columbia, SC31,550 jobs · LQ 0.97
  6. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC23,883 jobs · LQ 1.26

Census County Business Patterns counts 4,006 manufacturing establishments with 257,989 employees in South Carolina (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.

Processes in South Carolina

CNC Machining · 57Finishing & Heat Treating · 40Welding & Fabrication · 36

Nearby states

Georgia · 672North Carolina · 814