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Horry County

S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce

Business Intelligence Department

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803.737.2660

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Columbia, SC 29202

Updated: 04/16/2020

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Table Of Contents

Educational Attainment............................................................................................

Graduate Trends......................................................................................................

Educational Institutions............................................................................................

Projections by Occupation.......................................................................................

Growing Occupations.............................................................................................

Declining Occupations............................................................................................

Employment by Industry..........................................................................................

New Startup Firms..................................................................................................

Top Occupational Openings...................................................................................

New Hires by Industry............................................................................................

Turnover by Industry...........................................................................................

Average Annual Wage by Industry.......................................................................

Age of Workers by Industry....................................................................................

Projections by Industry...........................................................................................

Population.........................................................................................................

Age...............................................................................................................

Race.............................................................................................................

Gender..........................................................................................................

Change..........................................................................................................

Commuting Patterns...............................................................................................

Residents Commuting To..................................................................................

Workers Commuting From................................................................................

Employer Data......................................................................................................

Size of Establishments......................................................................................

Employment by Size of Establishment..............................................................

20 Largest Employers

Annual Unemployment Rates...............................................................................

Monthly Unemployment Rates..............................................................................

Area Job Openings................................................................................................

Unemployment Insurance.....................................................................................

Demographic Data..........................................................................................

Industry Data...................................................................................................

Occupation Data.............................................................................................

Retail Sales...........................................................................................................

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Horry CountyCommunity Profile

Annual Unemployment Rate (Unadjusted)

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Year Employment Unemp Rate Employment Unemp Rate Employment Unemp Rate

2018 139,387 6,304 4.3% 2,259,057 80,882 3.5% 155,761,000 6,314,000 3.9%

2017 136,558 7,218 5.0% 2,212,845 98,921 4.3% 153,337,000 6,982,000 4.4%

2016 132,187 8,237 5.9% 2,181,587 115,213 5.0% 151,436,000 7,751,000 4.9%

2015 127,746 9,820 7.1% 2,137,158 135,838 6.0% 148,834,000 8,296,000 5.3%

2014 124,239 9,938 7.4% 2,078,592 143,753 6.5% 146,305,000 9,617,000 6.2%

2013 121,377 11,447 8.6% 2,023,642 167,326 7.6% 143,929,000 11,460,000 7.4%

2012 118,938 13,743 10.4% 1,985,618 201,260 9.2% 142,469,000 12,506,000 8.1%

2011 116,578 15,766 11.9% 1,945,900 229,623 10.6% 139,869,000 13,747,000 8.9%

2010 114,859 16,087 12.3% 1,915,045 240,623 11.2% 139,064,000 14,825,000 9.6%

2009 115,067 15,219 11.7% 1,910,670 242,075 11.2% 139,877,000 14,265,000 9.3%

2008 121,473 9,242 7.1% 1,996,409 145,823 6.8% 145,362,000 8,924,000 5.8%

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce

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Mar 2020 3.9% 3.0% 4.5%

Feb 2020 4.2% 3.1% 3.8%

Jan 2020 4.4% 3.0% 4.0%

Dec 2019 3.3% 2.4% 3.4%

Nov 2019 2.8% 2.3% 3.3%

Oct 2019 2.8% 2.4% 3.3%

Sep 2019 2.3% 2.0% 3.3%

Aug 2019 3.1% 2.8% 3.8%

Jul 2019 3.3% 3.0% 4.0%

Jun 2019 3.5% 3.1% 3.8%

May 2019 3.2% 2.7% 3.4%

Apr 2019 3.3% 2.6% 3.3%

Mar 2019 4.5% 3.4% 3.9%




South CarolinaHorry County

Area Job Openings

Period Employed Unemployed Unemp.

Rate

Job

Openings

Employed Unemployed Unemp.

Rate

Job

Openings

Mar-20 143,409 5,752 3.9% 2,863 2,334,652 61,898 2.6% 57,374

Feb-20 141,363 6,243 4.2% 2,355 2,333,224 58,631 2.5% 52,662

Jan-20 139,268 6,403 4.4% 2,178 2,330,497 56,599 2.4% 52,639

Dec-19 140,213 4,794 3.3% 1,971 2,326,018 57,279 2.4% 59,953

Nov-19 141,181 4,058 2.8% 1,946 2,326,821 56,712 2.4% 55,821

Oct-19 143,508 4,139 2.8% 4,218 2,326,812 56,244 2.4% 68,386

Sep-19 144,679 3,395 2.3% 3,988 2,322,842 57,450 2.4% 66,100

Aug-19 148,069 4,784 3.1% 4,657 2,316,783 60,140 2.5% 67,729

Jul-19 151,458 5,121 3.3% 4,864 2,309,920 64,300 2.7% 68,223

Jun-19 150,374 5,443 3.5% 4,830 2,303,048 69,163 2.9% 68,643

May-19 146,195 4,833 3.2% 5,605 2,297,752 73,858 3.1% 71,138

Apr-19 143,713 4,829 3.3% 5,252 2,293,871 77,671 3.3% 67,074

Mar-19 139,660 6,557 4.5% 4,948 2,291,362 79,881 3.4% 68,705

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce & The Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine® data series

South Carolina Data is Seasonally Adjusted



March 2020

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

Horry County South CarolinaGender

Female 9,806 72,451Male 7,014 47,026O 363 1,483

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Female

Male

Horry County South Carolina

Horry CountyRace South Carolina

ASIAN 189 1,730BLACK 2,724 32,062HAWAIIAN 60 291MULTIPLE 862 4,862NATIVE AMERICAN 58 541UNKNOWN 1,104 6,790WHITE 12,186 74,684

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

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Horry County South CarolinaAge Group

18 - 24 3,090 20,93825 - 40 6,103 50,54541 - 55 4,407 30,31956 - 64 2,107 12,61365+ 1,168 5,226Less than 18 308 1,319

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

18 - 24

25 - 40

41 - 55

56 - 64

65+

Less than 18


Horry CountyEducation South Carolina

College Grad 8,478 63,877Some College 5,960 42,359Some High School 1,000 7,013No High School 68 491Unknown 1,677 7,220

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

College Grad

No High School

Some College

Some High School

Unknown



Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claims by IndustryIndustry Groups With Largest Number of Claims

March 2020

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Accommodation and Food Services

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

Health Care and Social Assistance

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Retail Trade


Horry CountyIndustry South Carolina

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 11 155

Utilities 2 26

Construction 261 2,242

Manufacturing 143 9,383

Wholesale Trade 151 2,731

Retail Trade 1,627 9,729

Transportation and Warehousing 104 2,061

Information 71 699

Finance and Insurance 27 455

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 774 2,024

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Servi 476 3,613

Management of Companies and Enterprises 53 507

Administrative and Support and Waste Manageme 583 7,205

Educational Services 312 2,591

Health Care and Social Assistance 833 11,953

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,148 3,627

Accommodation and Food Services 8,120 40,552

Other Services (except Public Administration) 417 4,952

Public Administration 114 660

Unknown 1,958 15,789




Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claims by OccupationOccupation Groups With Largest Number of Claims

March 2020

0% 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% 24% 28% 32%

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occu

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

Management Occupations

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Sales and Related Occupations


Horry CountyOccupation South Carolina

Architecture and Engineering Occupations 43 2,018Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ 196 1,509Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occu 613 2,814Business and Financial Operations Occupations 135 1,651Community and Social Service Occupations 28 459Computer and Mathematical Occupations 35 555Construction and Extraction Occupations 176 1,895Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 317 3,170Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations 19 137Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 4,813 28,022Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 370 4,281Healthcare Support Occupations 280 3,894Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 384 2,946Legal Occupations 22 251Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 26 854Management Occupations 1,183 8,429Military Specific Occupations 9 73Office and Administrative Support Occupations 1,286 10,776Personal Care and Service Occupations 504 5,084Production Occupations 239 8,002Protective Service Occupations 131 562Sales and Related Occupations 1,649 8,761Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 352 5,306Unknown 4,375 19,518




Retail Sales


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$32,000,000,000

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Source: S.C. Department of Revenue



Population by Age

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Horry CountyAge Range South Carolina United States

0-4 15,371 298,242 20,052,1125-9 15,502 302,111 20,409,06010-14 15,337 297,443 20,672,60915-19 16,049 321,540 21,715,07420-24 19,019 342,237 22,099,88725-29 17,530 305,167 21,243,36530-34 16,694 293,464 20,467,91235-39 15,582 291,183 19,876,16140-44 18,459 308,158 20,998,00145-49 18,622 325,660 22,109,94650-54 18,704 329,431 22,396,32255-59 19,311 309,061 20,165,89260-64 20,909 289,690 17,479,21165-69 18,089 229,251 13,189,50870-74 12,942 165,797 9,767,52275-79 8,943 117,187 7,438,75080-84 5,542 82,223 5,781,69785 and older 4,083 71,757 5,673,565

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey



Population by Race

Horry CountyRace % South Carolina % United States %

White 222,383 80.4% 3,144,146 66.0% 230,592,579 72.0%Black 37,552 13.6% 1,298,534 27.3% 39,167,010 12.2%American Indian/Alaskan Native 789 0.3% 14,732 0.3% 2,540,309 0.8%Asian 3,228 1.2% 61,097 1.3% 15,231,962 4.8%Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander 194 0.1% 2,128 0.0% 526,347 0.2%2 or more races 10,014 3.6% 169,670 3.6% 17,464,666 5.5%Other 7,535 2.7% 74,130 1.6% 14,746,054 4.6%Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

White 78.9%Black 13.3%American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.3%Asian 1.1%Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander 0.1%2 or more races 3.6%Other 2.7%

Total: 100.0%

Population by Gender

Horry CountyGender South Carolina United States

Male 135,127 2,276,305 153,247,412Female 141,561 2,403,297 158,289,182

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey



Historical and Projected

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Horry CountyYear South Carolina

1970 69,992 2,590,7131980 101,419 3,121,8201990 144,053 3,486,3102000 196,629 4,012,0122010 265,360 4,549,1502020 316,810 5,020,4002030 367,680 5,488,460

Source: U.S. Census Bureau



Commuting Patterns

In-Commuters 35.1%Out-Commuters 33.9%Work and Live in County 31.0%

Total: 100.0%

WorkersCommuting Patterns

Work and Live in County 108,589

In-Commuters 122,917

Out-Commuters 118,551

Source: U.S. Census Bureau - 2010



Top 10 Places Residents Are Commuting To

Area Workers

Georgetown County, SC 3,672Marion County, SC 876BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC 874Florence County, SC 539COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC 470Charleston County, SC 263Richland County, SC 219MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC 212NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC 212Darlington County, SC 124


Top 10 Places Residents Are Commuting From

Area Workers

Georgetown County, SC 4,440COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC 2,303BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC 2,180Marion County, SC 1,831Florence County, SC 561Williamsburg County, SC 302ROBESON COUNTY, NC 201Charleston County, SC 187Dillon County, SC 176MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC 129




Employers by Size of Establishment

Horry CountyEmployees South Carolina

0 to 4 5,481 84,3105 to 9 1,611 21,34110 to 19 1,258 15,91820 to 49 900 12,28850 to 99 349 4,719100 to 249 181 2,866250 to 499 28 889500 to 999 8 4261000 + 7 295

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - 2019 Q3

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Employment by Size of Establishment

Horry CountyEmployees South Carolina

0 to 4 7,869 116,9075 to 9 10,768 142,50310 to 19 17,258 217,51420 to 49 27,165 374,98250 to 99 23,613 322,684100 to 249 26,140 430,035250 to 499 9,655 303,364500 to 999 4,829 293,1071000 + 15,087 754,139


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20 Largest Employers

(Listed Alphabetically)

Corporation Name

CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH

CITY OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

CONWAY HOSPITAL INC

EMBASSY SUITES MANAGEMENT LLC

FOOD LION LLC

GORE & ASSOCIATES MANAGMENT COMPANY

GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE

HILTON GRAND VACATIONS COMPANY LLC

Horry County Council

HORRY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIO

HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE

HORRY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC

LORIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT

LOWES HOME CENTERS INC

PALMETTO CORP OF CONWAY

SOUTHEAST RESTAURANTS CORPORATION

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES INC

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES INC.

WYNDHAM VACATION OWNERSHIP INC




Employment by Industry

35,751

8,806

191

5,837

7,975

8,821

2,830

14,430

1,833

546

3,262

71

3,349

3,787

6,325

4,723

24,993

2,400

577

2,377


Administrative and Support and Waste Management andRemediation Services

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting


Construction

Educational Services

Finance and Insurance


Information

Management of Companies and Enterprises

Manufacturing

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Other Services (except Public Administration)

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Public Administration


Retail Trade

Transportation and Warehousing

Utilities

Wholesale Trade


Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - 2019 Q3



New Startup Firms


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Horry CountyQuarter South Carolina

2016 Q4 62 8882016 Q3 59 6792016 Q2 74 8312016 Q1 116 1,4452015 Q4 78 8892015 Q3 71 6652015 Q2 74 9052015 Q1 130 1,7462014 Q4 63 7752014 Q3 65 7412014 Q2 92 7602014 Q1 91 1,3842013 Q4 57 8482013 Q3 60 7412013 Q2 94 9822013 Q1 81 1,2402012 Q4 67 7882012 Q3 69 6722012 Q2 88 7402012 Q1 120 1,680

Note: A firm is included in the count when it does not have a UI Account Number in the previous quarter

and has a Setup Date that falls in the quarter displayed.




Top 20 Occupational Openings

Horry County

March-2020

Occupation Name (Soccode) Job Openings

Registered Nurses (29-1141) 212

Retail Salespersons (41-2031) 164

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (41-1011) 98

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

(41-4012)

74

Customer Service Representatives (43-4051) 61

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks (43-4081) 51

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (37-2012) 46

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (25-2022) 42

Medical and Health Services Managers (11-9111) 38

Food Service Managers (11-9051) 36

Waiters and Waitresses (35-3031) 36

Cooks, Restaurant (35-2014) 33

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (49-9071) 32

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (25-2031) 28

Managers, All Other (11-9199) 26

Physical Therapists (29-1123) 25

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (43-6014) 25

Medical Assistants (31-9092) 24

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (53-7062) 22

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (53-3032) 21

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce & The Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine® data series



New Hires by Industry

17,111

4,782

44

2,438

1,823

301

294

1,440

183

138

478

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847

422

1,936

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410

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342


Administrative and Support and Waste Managementand Remediation Services



Construction




Information


Manufacturing






Retail Trade


Utilities

Wholesale Trade

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Local Employment Dynamics - 2016 Q2



Turnover by Industry

20.0%

20.6%

12.5%

15.2%

12.4%

2.4%

6.8%

7.6%

6.5%

14.5%

7.4%

11.1%

10.3%

3.7%

17.9%

12.7%

10.8%

1.7%

10.9%


Administrative and Support and Waste Managementand Remediation Services



Construction




Information


Manufacturing





Retail Trade


Utilities

Wholesale Trade




Average Annual Wage by Industry

$21,996

$31,720

$42,380

$20,644

$45,084

$48,672

$60,840

$48,776

$52,312

$58,552

$43,316

$60,476

$28,860

$49,088

$42,900

$33,540

$26,728

$41,704

$65,676

$48,984


Administrative and Support and WasteManagement and Remediation Services



Construction




Information


Manufacturing






Retail Trade


Utilities

Wholesale Trade


Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - 2019 Q3



Age of Workers by Industry

65+55-6445-5435-4425-3422-2419-2114-18Industry

Total, All Industries 3,312 6,779 8,698 27,091 25,490 25,517 19,613 8,540

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 0 9 6 24 50 55 41 16

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 0 0 0 6 4 14 10 0

Utilities 0 0 4 62 73 70 48 37

Construction 35 232 418 1,727 1,867 1,859 1,244 404

Manufacturing 26 80 141 589 644 848 624 161

Wholesale Trade 18 63 109 466 529 556 422 150

Retail Trade 706 1,769 1,777 4,201 3,419 3,821 3,383 1,739

Transportation and Warehousing 9 44 72 296 343 404 282 108

Information 39 74 152 495 566 491 229 49

Finance and Insurance 6 38 122 671 736 637 537 178

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 27 128 240 820 928 1,044 1,023 486

Professional and Technical Services 39 156 254 1,053 1,037 1,043 787 407

Management of Companies and Enterprises 5 24 33 118 114 128 129 92

Administrative and Waste Services 55 379 717 2,259 1,863 1,760 1,292 559

Educational Services 8 46 238 1,642 2,196 2,407 2,096 726

Health Care and Social Assistance 30 176 466 2,356 2,644 2,716 2,142 742

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 177 332 436 925 763 725 762 812

Accommodation and Food Services 2,073 3,043 3,106 7,651 5,835 4,905 3,072 1,312

Other Services, Except Public Administration 30 102 173 518 542 667 471 274

Public Administration 30 80 233 1,215 1,337 1,366 1,019 286




Labor Market ProjectionsTotal Employment by Industry

(County/Metropolitan Statistical Area Data Unavailable)

Note: Projections are available by Workforce Investment Area (WIA). The data displayed is selected from the appropriate WIA.

Waccamaw 2016 2026

Industry Estimated

Employment

Projected

Employment

Change Percent

Change

Annual

Percent

Total All Industries 176,825 202,586 25,761 14.57 1.37

Accommodation and Food Services 34,452 42,639 8,187 23.76 2.15

Health Care and Social Assistance 16,559 20,764 4,205 25.39 2.29

Retail Trade 26,723 29,997 3,274 12.25 1.16

Administrative and Support and Waste Management

and Remediat

9,255 10,971 1,716 18.54 1.72

Construction 8,525 9,661 1,136 13.33 1.26

Educational Services 11,752 12,816 1,064 9.05 0.87

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 5,220 6,250 1,030 19.73 1.82

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 5,992 6,801 809 13.50 1.27

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 5,296 6,000 704 13.29 1.26

Other Services (except Government) 8,326 8,948 622 7.47 0.72

Wholesale Trade 3,027 3,568 541 17.87 1.66

Transportation and Warehousing 2,123 2,490 367 17.29 1.61

Finance and Insurance 3,832 4,098 266 6.94 0.67

Information 2,163 2,275 112 5.18 0.51

Management of Companies and Enterprises 733 840 107 14.60 1.37

Manufacturing 7,821 7,895 74 0.95 0.09

Utilities 499 502 3 0.60 0.06

Mining 72 70 -2 -2.78 -0.28

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 3,013 2,823 -190 -6.31 -0.65

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Industry Projections



Total Employment by Occupation(County/Metropolitan Statistical Area Data Unavailable)


Labor Market Projections

Waccamaw 2016 2026

Occupation Estimated

Employmen

Projected

Employmen

Annual

Openings

Openings

(Replace)

Openings

(Growth)

Total, All Occupations 202,586 176,825

Management Occupations 11,138 10,043

Business and Financial Operations Occupations 4,564 3,955

Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,377 1,218

Architecture and Engineering Occupations 982 900

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 426 386

Community and Social Service Occupations 2,156 1,823

Legal Occupations 1,176 1,007

Education, Training, and Library Occupations 8,627 7,766

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

Occupations

2,536 2,384

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 9,402 7,741

Healthcare Support Occupations 5,535 4,254

Protective Service Occupations 4,789 4,430

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 32,939 26,418

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Occupations

15,616 13,201

Personal Care and Service Occupations 8,287 6,990

Sales and Related Occupations 28,434 25,046

Office and Administrative Support Occupations 26,742 24,974

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations 1,790 1,921

Construction and Extraction Occupations 8,540 7,582

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 9,710 8,524

Production Occupations 6,870 6,617

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 10,950 9,645

Source: S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Occupational Projections



Growing Occupations

(County/Metropolitan Statistical Area Data Unavailable)



Waccamaw 2016 2026


Employmen

Projected

Employmen

Percent

Change

Replace Growth Total Average

Salary

Home Health Aides $ 21,200 54 1,500 971

Physician Assistants $ 101,722 46 143 98

Nurse Practitioners $ 94,916 43 190 133

Software Developers, Applications $ 87,267 38 123 89

Personal Care Aides $ 21,097 37 1,508 1,099

Combined Food Preparation and Serving

Workers, Including Fas

$ 18,739 35 5,535 4,107

Medical Assistants $ 33,382 33 743 558

Occupational Therapists $ 78,724 30 120 92

Cooks, Restaurant $ 24,701 30 4,905 3,765

Bakers $ 25,383 30 270 208

Nonfarm Animal Caretakers $ 23,280 30 460 355

Veterinary Technologists and Technicians $ 33,089 28 100 78

Occupational Therapy Assistants $ 55,893 28 32 25

Medical Secretaries $ 34,701 27 495 389

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal

Caretakers

$ 27,526 27 178 140

Social and Community Service Managers $ 69,099 27 108 85

Medical and Health Services Managers $ 89,874 27 385 304

Personal Financial Advisors 27 81 64

Massage Therapists $ 36,938 27 229 181

Food Service Managers $ 63,878 26 801 636

Occupations are sorted by highest estimated percentage growth from estimate year to projection year.




Declining Occupations(County/Metropolitan Statistical Area Data Unavailable)



Waccamaw 2016 2026


Employment

Projected

Employmen

Percent

Change

Replace Growth Total Average

Salary

Legal Secretaries 261 224 -14 $ 46,314

Executive Secretaries and

Executive Administrative

Assistant

240 206 -14 $ 53,282

Sewing Machine Operators 155 134 -14 $ 23,087

Photographers 524 454 -13 $ 25,885

Data Entry Keyers 88 77 -13 $ 33,377

Credit Authorizers,

Checkers, and Clerks

25 22 -12 $ 40,136

Logging Equipment

Operators

174 160 -8 $ 39,665

Postmasters and Mail

Superintendents

13 12 -8 $ 86,553

File Clerks 66 61 -8 $ 28,615

Medical Transcriptionists 83 77 -7 $ 36,031

Emergency Management

Directors

15 14 -7 $ 71,321

Travel Agents 167 157 -6 $ 30,561

Bill and Account Collectors 294 278 -5 $ 33,078

Tellers 839 799 -5 $ 29,503

Computer Programmers 115 110 -4 $ 99,934

Meter Readers, Utilities 47 45 -4 $ 38,410

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters,

Samplers, and Weighers

371 357 -4 $ 34,174

Cutting and Slicing Machine

Setters, Operators, and

Tenders

82 79 -4 $ 33,238

Claims Adjusters,

Examiners, and

Investigators

85 82 -4 $ 59,746

First-Line Supervisors of

Correctional Officers

59 57 -3 $ 50,110

Occupations are sorted by highest estimated percentage decline from estimate year to projection year.




(Population 25 Years and Older)

Educational Attainment

8.35%9.61%

15.32%7.40%

32.08%3.99%

23.26%

9th to 12th No Diploma Associate's Degree Bachelor's DegreeGraduate Degree High School Graduate Less Than 9th GradeSome College

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey - 2013 5-Year Estimates



(Based On Graduates From Area Schools)

Graduate Trends

0

400

800

1200

1600

2000

20032004

20052006

20072008

20092010

20112012

20132014

20152016

2017

Bachelor's Degree Doctor's Degrees Master's Degree

Source: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System



Educational Institutions

Coastal Carolina University

103 Tom Trout Drive

Conway, SC 29526

843.347.3161

http://www.coastal.edu

2017 Degrees Awarded: 4,232

Golf Academy of America-Myrtle Beach

3268 Waccamaw Blvd.

Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

800.342.7342

http://www.golfacademy.edu

2017 Degrees Awarded: 180

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

2050 Highway 501 East

Conway, SC 29526

843.347.3186

http://www.hgtc.edu

2017 Degrees Awarded: 3,102

Miller-Motte Technical College-Conway

2541 Highway 501 East

Conway, SC 29526

843.591.1100

http://www.miller-motte.edu


Strand College of Hair Design

423 79th Ave N

Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

843.467.2397

http://www.strandcollege.com


Source: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System


http://www.coastal.edu

http://www.golfacademy.edu

http://www.hgtc.edu

http://www.miller-motte.edu

http://www.strandcollege.com