Editing Richland County, South Carolina (section)

==Economy==

In 2022, the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] was $32 billion (about $75,222 per capita),<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Richland County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL45079 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref> and the [[Real gross domestic product|real GDP]] was $27.3 billion (about $64,302 per capita) in [[chained dollars|chained 2017 dollars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Richland County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REALGDPALL45079 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Top ten employers (2019)<ref name="Comprehensive Financial Report (2019)">{{cite web |url=http://www.richlandcountysc.gov/Portals/0/Departments/Finance/CAFR/CAFR%20FY2019.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.richlandcountysc.gov/Portals/0/Departments/Finance/CAFR/CAFR%20FY2019.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Comrehensive Financial Report (2019)|date=2019 |publisher=Richland County}}</ref>
|-
!Rank
!Employer
!Employees
|-
|1
|[[Prisma Health]]
|16,000
|-
|2
|[[Blue Cross Blue Shield]]
|10,000
|-
|3
|[[University of South Carolina]]
|7,000
|-
|4
|[[South Carolina Department of Corrections]]
|5,000
|-
|5
|[[Richland County School District One]]
|5,000
|-
|6
|[[South Carolina Department of Transportation]]
|5,000
|-
|7
|South Carolina Department of Mental Health
|5,000
|-
|8
|South Carolina Department of Social Services
|5,000
|-
|9
|[[Richland County School District Two]]
|4,000
|-
|10
|[[South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control]]
|4,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Employment and Wage Statistics by Industry in Richland County, South Carolina - Q3 2023<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Richland County |url=https://lmi.dew.sc.gov/lmi%20site/Documents/CommunityProfiles/04000079.pdf |journal=Community Profiles |publisher=S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Business Intelligence Department |publication-place=Columbia, SC |issue=04000079}}</ref>
! style="text-align:left;" | Industry
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Counts
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Percentage (%)
! style="text-align:right;" | Average Annual Wage ($)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Accommodation and Food Services || style="text-align:right;" | 21,045 || style="text-align:right;" | 9.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 22,100
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services || style="text-align:right;" | 16,431 || style="text-align:right;" | 7.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 41,652
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting || style="text-align:right;" | 807 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 48,776
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation || style="text-align:right;" | 3,934 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 22,412
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Construction || style="text-align:right;" | 6,934 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 69,108
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Educational Services || style="text-align:right;" | 19,160 || style="text-align:right;" | 8.6 || style="text-align:right;" | 57,252
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Finance and Insurance || style="text-align:right;" | 20,736 || style="text-align:right;" | 9.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 74,516
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Health Care and Social Assistance || style="text-align:right;" | 33,974 || style="text-align:right;" | 15.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 71,812
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Information || style="text-align:right;" | 2,769 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 75,348
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Management of Companies and Enterprises || style="text-align:right;" | 1,375 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 || style="text-align:right;" | 98,956
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Manufacturing || style="text-align:right;" | 12,069 || style="text-align:right;" | 5.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 70,980
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction || style="text-align:right;" | 122 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 78,208
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Other Services (except Public Administration) || style="text-align:right;" | 6,864 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 44,876
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services || style="text-align:right;" | 13,750 || style="text-align:right;" | 6.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 88,556
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Public Administration || style="text-align:right;" | 24,376 || style="text-align:right;" | 11.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 61,620
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing || style="text-align:right;" | 3,862 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 57,252
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Retail Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 20,720 || style="text-align:right;" | 9.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 36,920
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Transportation and Warehousing || style="text-align:right;" | 4,567 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 59,488
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Utilities || style="text-align:right;" | 701 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 89,076
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Wholesale Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 7,335 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 86,944
|-
| style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;" | '''Total''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''221,531''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''100.0%''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''58,839'''
|}