Columbia, SC MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Columbia, SC MSA for was 301,160. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 1,397.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2015 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

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Columbia, SC MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Columbia, SC MSA Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Columbia, SC MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2015 275281
February 2015 276791 1510
March 2015 277771 980
April 2015 279638 1867
May 2015 282018 2380
June 2015 282587 569
July 2015 282147 -440
August 2015 283246 1099
September 2015 283873 627
October 2015 287324 3451
November 2015 292300 4976
December 2015 293055 755
January 2016 283434 -9621
February 2016 284957 1523
March 2016 285356 399
April 2016 288690 3334
May 2016 290492 1802
June 2016 289680 -812
July 2016 289513 -167
August 2016 290947 1434
September 2016 291312 365
October 2016 292323 1011
November 2016 296670 4347
December 2016 295672 -998
January 2017 288955 -6717
February 2017 290014 1059
March 2017 290687 673
April 2017 291442 755
May 2017 292617 1175
June 2017 293481 864
July 2017 291976 -1505
August 2017 288714 -3262
September 2017 287406 -1308
October 2017 290609 3203
November 2017 294674 4065
December 2017 294666 -8
January 2018 289362 -5304
February 2018 290600 1238
March 2018 291244 644
April 2018 295054 3810
May 2018 295459 405
June 2018 296073 614
July 2018 294109 -1964
August 2018 294658 549
September 2018 292376 -2282
October 2018 295172 2796
November 2018 297849 2677
December 2018 296964 -885
January 2019 291462 -5502
February 2019 293278 1816
March 2019 293865 587
April 2019 296613 2748
May 2019 297968 1355
June 2019 298624 656
July 2019 299317 693
August 2019 300586 1269
September 2019 299158 -1428
October 2019 301194 2036
November 2019 304714 3520
December 2019 304485 -229
January 2020 295597 -8888
February 2020 295919 322
March 2020 293927 -1992
April 2020 260227 -33700
May 2020 270563 10336
June 2020 278943 8380
July 2020 280413 1470
August 2020 282242 1829
September 2020 282023 -219
October 2020 286771 4748
November 2020 289399 2628
December 2020 289272 -127
February 2021 286412 -2860
March 2021 288659 2247
April 2021 289230 571
May 2021 290306 1076
June 2021 292560 2254
July 2021 292123 -437
August 2021 294061 1938
September 2021 293030 -1031
October 2021 291618 -1412
November 2021 297114 5496
December 2021 299763 2649
January 2022 301160 1397