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How many accountants are in South Carolina?

15,270
accountants employed in South Carolina in May 2025 (BLS estimate for Accountants and Auditors, SOC 13-2011).

15,270 accountants were employed in South Carolina in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational survey. That is 298.3 per 100,000 residents and ranks South Carolina 27 of 51 states with data. South Carolina accounts for 1.1% of the 1,449,490 accountants counted across all states.

27 of 51rank by headcount
298.3per 100,000 residents (rank 44)
34with a published business email
5,118,425South Carolina residents (2020 Census)

South Carolina compared with the states around it

#StateAccountantsPer 100,000
25Oklahoma16,720422.3
26Utah15,490473.5
27South Carolina15,270298.3
28Oregon14,920352.1
29Louisiana14,050301.6

The full ranking of all 51 states is on the accountants page. Largest: California with 175,360. Highest per capita: District of Columbia at 1422.7 per 100,000.

How many publish a business email?

34 accountants in South Carolina have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, about 0.2% of the employed count, as counted by Email Lists USA's South Carolina accountants list on September 21, 2026. That figure measures who publishes a work address, not the size of the profession, and it changes with each rebuild of that list.

Questions

How many accountants are in South Carolina?

15,270 accountants were employed in South Carolina in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational survey. That is 298.3 per 100,000 residents and ranks South Carolina 27 of 51 states with data.

Is that the number of licensed accountants in South Carolina?

No. It is the number employed in the occupation, estimated from an employer survey. Licence rolls are usually larger, because they include people who hold a licence but are retired, inactive, working in another field or licensed in more than one state.

When is this updated?

The BLS releases state occupational estimates once a year, in spring, for the previous May. This page shows the May 2025 release, read on September 21, 2026, and is rebuilt when the next release is published.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025, series OEUS450000000000013201101 (Accountants and Auditors, South Carolina), read September 21, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. Rank and share computed from the 51 published state estimates.