Berkeley Leader

Berkeley County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,595 people out of the 224,806 living in Berkeley County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Berkeley County has decreased compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Berkeley County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 110,980 people who had a job during that time, 6,263 were employed in the Armed Forces and 104,717 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,595	4%
Employed	110,980	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	104,717	90.6%
Employed in armed forces	6,263	5.4%