South Carolina: Disability Employment Statistics
South Carolina By the Numbers
Population and Employment Statistics1
Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 378,198
- Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
Cognitive | 57.8% |
Hearing | 39.1% |
Ambulatory | 67.9% |
Visual | 47.6% |

53%
Percentage of People with a Disability that did not work.
SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2
10 nonprofit agencies headquartered in South Carolina participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.

389 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 10 Veterans

$12.64/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage

$18.5 Million
Total AbilityOne Sales
1 Data from 2022 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2023 data proprietary to SourceAmerica®
SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in South Carolina
- Beaufort Vocational Rehabilitation Center
- Charleston Vocational Rehabilitation Center
- Dorchester County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs
- Florence County Disabilities and Special Needs
- Horry Co. Disabilities and Specials Needs Board
- Palmetto Goodwill Services
- SC Vocations & Individual Advancement, Inc.
- The Charles Lea Center, Inc.
- The Tri-Development Center of Aiken County, Inc.
- Walterboro Vocational Rehabilitation Center
Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in South Carolina
- Challenged Unlimited, Inc.
- CW Resources, Inc.
- OE Enterprises, Inc.
- Servtech
- Trace, Inc.