Major Charleston Employers
Below is a list of Full Time companies that employ residents of Charleston, SC. Before looking at Homes for Sale in the Charleslston Metropolitian Area take a moment to familarize yourself with the Major Employers in the Charleston Lowcountry Area. Some of Charlestons biggest sectors are Real Estate, Tourism and Shipping. Boeing and Google are recent new empolyers here in Charleston. SouthWest Airline is also new to Charleston, SC. Employer Product/Service Employees US Navy Area US Naval Commands 13,000 Medical University Of South Carolina (MUSC) Hospital, post-secondary education, research 11,000 Charleston Air Force Base US Air Force Base; 437th Airlift Wing 7,000 Charleston County School District Education/public schools 5,150 Roper St. Francis Healthcare Roper and Bon Secours St Francis Hospitals 3,800 Berkeley County School District Education/public schools 3,650 JEM Restaurant Group Taco Bell and Pizza Hut franchises 3,000 Dorchester County School District II Education/public schools 2,800 Trident Health System Hospital system 2,500 Wal-Mart Retail merchandise 2,300 Charleston County Local government 2,150 Blackbaud, Inc. Specialty computer software development & design 2,000 Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co Inc. Grocery wholesaler/retailer HQ, distribution ctr. 1,900 Santee Cooper Electric utility 1,750 City of Charleston Local government 1,700 Robert Bosch Corporation Antilock brake systems, fuel injection 1,625 Kiawah Island Golf Resort/The Sanctuary at Kiawah Resort 1,600 Bi-Lo Stores Charleston area retail grocery stores 1,350 Force Protection Inc. Mine-protected vehicles, military class vehicles 1,300 College Of Charleston Post secondary education 1,200 US Postal Service Postal Service 1,200 City of North Charleston Local government 1,125 Global Aeronautica, LLC Aircraft components manufacturing 1,100 Verizon Wireless Inbound/outbound call center 1,050 South Carolina Electric And Gas Co./SCANA Electrical & Natural Gas Utility 1,000 Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Medical care for eligible veterans 950 Food Lion Stores 20 Charleston area retail grocery stores 950 Nucor Steel Manufacture various types of steel sheet and beams 900 KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. Paper, packaging 850 Berkeley County Local government 850 Goodwill Industries Non-profit workforce training and services 780 First Federal Of Charleston Banking & financial services 780 Scientific Research Corporation Communications & monitoring systems & equipment 780 U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston US Coast Guard 750 Dorchester County Local government 700 Evening Post Publishing Company Periodical publisher (daily and weekly newspapers) 700 East Cooper Regional Medical Center Hospital 700 AT&T Telecommunications services; regional headquarters 650 IHG Inbound reservation center 650 Trident Technical College Post-secondary & continuing education 650 The Citadel Post-secondary education 650 Alcoa Mt. Holly Primary aluminum ingot; aluminum smelting 600 Town of Mount Pleasant Local government 600 Boeing Charleston Fabricate & assemble aft fuselage sections for 787 Dreamliner aircraft 600 Charleston Place Lodging 550 OSI Inbound/outbound call center 550 SC Federal Credit Union Financial services; federal credit union 550 South Carolina State Ports Authority Operator of state ports 525 Cummins Turbo Technologies Manufacture turbochargers & air compressors 500 Source: Center for Business Research, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 10/2009. Brand Name Real Estate about 100 people and growing as of 12/12/2010.
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