Charleston-North Charleston, SC was the 2nd highest growth metro in the nation in new job creation
Ninety-five metro areas in the United States had increases in nonfarm employment from November 2021 to November 2022. The metro with the second highest growth with an increase of 6.6% or 24,900 new jobs is Charleston/North Charleston, South Carolina.
Ninety-five metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from November 2021 to November 2022, while 294 were essentially unchanged.
The over-the-year employment increase in the top 3, Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, was 9,400, while Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, had an increase of 24,900 and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois, had an increase of 11,400.