Coverage note. ATI does not yet hold enough county-level data for Fairfield County to publish a full market profile. The neighbouring markets, labor shed and state figures below are real; nothing here is estimated.

trades with licensed supply

active capital projects on record

20,422

residents (Census)

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Licensed workforce by trade

Licence records on the South Carolina register located in Fairfield County that the register does not mark expired or revoked and evidences as licences actually held; median annual wage from BLS OEWS. The last column is the modelled probability this county's wages for the trade tighten materially faster than the national trend over 24 months, not a probability that a shortage occurs. Trades that share an industry code share a forecast.

Trade	Licensed	Median wage	24-mo wage-tightening prob.	Contractor / master firms
electricians	n/a	$60,390	n/a	n/a
sign electricians	n/a	$60,390	n/a	n/a
plumbers	n/a	$52,070	n/a	n/a
HVAC technicians	n/a	$57,610	n/a	n/a
boiler operators	n/a	$74,840	n/a	n/a
sheet metal workers	n/a	$50,170	n/a	n/a
fire sprinkler fitters	n/a	$52,070	n/a	n/a
elevator mechanics	n/a	$80,830	n/a	n/a
appliance repair technicians	n/a	$46,430	n/a	n/a

Known capital projects

6 active projects on record in Fairfield County, $110M of committed investment; 1 carry a construction-labor demand model. Largest by disclosed investment:

Healthcare US Co., Ltd., manufacturing (type not yet classified), $52M, est. completion 2024 (demand not yet modeled)
Oldcastle APG South, Inc., manufacturing (type not yet classified), $26M, est. completion 2025 (demand not yet modeled)
BOMAG Americas, Inc., manufacturing (type not yet classified), $19M, est. completion 2024 (demand not yet modeled)
MEKRA Lang North America, LLC, manufacturing (type not yet classified), $13M, est. completion 2024 (demand not yet modeled)

Nearby markets

Counties that share a border (Census county adjacency), then the wider labor shed: same metro area or within 60 miles.

Chester County, SC, 20 mi, shares a border
Newberry County, SC, 28 mi, shares a border
Richland County, SC, 29 mi, shares a border
Kershaw County, SC, 31 mi, shares a border
Lancaster County, SC, 31 mi, shares a border
Union County, SC, 34 mi, shares a border
Lexington County, SC, 36 mi, labor shed
York County, SC, 40 mi, labor shed

Labor shed: Columbia, SC

Counties in the same Census metro area, the realistic commute shed for this market.

Common questions

Are there major construction projects planned in Fairfield County?: ATI tracks 6 active capital projects in Fairfield County, listed above by disclosed investment. A project on record is not a guarantee of hiring.

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