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Grow Your Career in Charleston | SC

Moving to Charleston, SC? Discover a region where growing career opportunities, family-friendly communities, and an exceptional coastal lifestyle come together. This is where timeless Southern charm and high quality of life meet one of America’s hottest job markets.

Dreams Belong Here

Southern hospitality. Career opportunity. A region on the rise. When relocating to Charleston, you’ll find an ambitious, highly-educated community with more than 16,000 employers.

The Charleston job market offers rich opportunities well beyond tourism. Top industries include advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and tech with leaders like Boeing, Mercedes-Benz Vans, and Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Shape the next aerospace or automotive innovation by day, then catch an electrifying ball game, relax across five beautiful beach communities, or stroll boulevards with historic architecture by night.

Your future awaits you in the Charleston region.

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Job Opportunities Across Industries

Work hard, play by the coast and find opportunity across industries. From aerospace and advanced manufacturing to technology, life sciences, logistics and R&D, Charleston offers career paths across a diverse and growing economy. 

Here you’ll find opportunities to work with global companies like Mercedes-Benz Vans and The Boeing Company and longstanding regional employers like Medical University of South Carolina – a Carnegie R1 research university– and Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Backed by top-tier upskilling initiatives and apprenticeships, the Charleston region lets you fast-track an ambitious career without giving up that easygoing coastal mindset.

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Quality of Life, Built In

Living exceptionally well comes easy when living in the Charleston region. Ranked among Livability’s top 100 places to live, across the region, you’ll find distinct communities, a range of housing options and the everyday amenities that make it easy to put down roots.

From K-12 education and career connected learning to six colleges and universities, opportunities to keep learning are close to home. Add nationally recognized healthcare, the Medical University of South Carolina — the state’s No. 1 hospital — and you’ll find the resources to support your life and your future.

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Charming and Culturally Connected

When the workday ends, Charleston gives you plenty of reasons to get out and enjoy where you live. The Charleston region is designed for living, with walkable neighborhoods with exquisite architecture, exciting nightlife, professional sports (including the No. 1 minor league market in the U.S.), regular community festivals and events like Charleston Food & Wine, and family-friendly entertainment like the Children’s Museum of Lowcountry.

And if it’s no-cost fun you’re seeking, you’ll find bountiful options like our five beach communities across 90+ miles of shoreline, 160+ parks and refuges, farmers markets and free outdoor concerts like Sounds on the Square.

Explore Charleston Open Jobs

Your next career move could be right here in Charleston. Explore current openings across the region and find an opportunity that moves your career forward. 

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Charleston’s Key Industries

Aerospace

More than 40 aerospace and aviation companies are hiring in Charleston. Anchored by Boeing, the region offers career opportunities across engineering, advanced manufacturing, technology, aviation, and more.

Aerospace
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Charleston’s Key Industries

Automotive

From Volvo Cars to Mercedes-Benz Vans to Bosch, the Charleston region is home to more than 100 automotive manufacturers and suppliers. Join more than 13,000 industry-related workers with competitive salaries and opportunities for career advancement.

Automotive
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Charleston’s Key Industries

Information Technology

Nearly 17,000 IT professionals work in the Charleston region, a top five U.S. metro for tech job growth. The region also ranks No. 2 in the nation for Women in Tech.

Information Technology
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Charleston’s Key Industries

Life Sciences

Whether you’re looking to start your career in healthcare, research, pharmaceuticals, or medical device manufacturing and design, the Charleston region has over 450 quality employers, including MUSC Health, Roper St. Francis, and Novant Health.

Life Sciences
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Charleston’s Key Industries

Logistics

Anchored by one of the nation’s leading ports, Charleston’s logistics industry supports career opportunities across transportation, distribution, supply chain management, warehousing and more.

Logistics

“The most significant benefits of working in Charleston are the amenities of a larger city with the family-oriented communities of a hometown. Southern hospitality carries over to the professional world in Charleston. Thorne, and the companies I work projects with for Thorne, always go above and beyond to help fellow Charlestonians feel comfortable and at home. There is an intangible sense of community tailored to our Lowcountry home. Not to mention, everyone is always less than 30 minutes from a beach!”

Alex Pusey Senior Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Operations, Thorne

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