14% of state government jobs are open right now

Several state entities in South Carolina – like universities + prisons – can’t fill their available job positions right now. Low pay, workload and burnout are causes of the vacancies.

Some stats:

  • 14% – or 6,000 – of ~42,500 full-time jobs at S.C. state agencies are empty

  • 9/10 of S.C.’s biggest agencies have 10%+ positions open

  • S.C. Department of Corrections has 21% – or 1,293 – of its jobs open

  • Private sector jobs (anything not state or federally-funded, i.e. marketer, attorney, CPA) pay 18% more than state agencies

Glass half-full view: you can apply for any of 6,000 available jobs. 🙃

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