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And South Carolina is no exception. Granted, some places are doing better than others for women’s career opportunities and we are here to point out the places that offer the most opportunity for working women.
If you have the opportunity to choose where to work, we at Zippia want to provide you with the research to make an informed decision on where the best opportunities are open to women.
To that end, we looked at data for all the places in South Carolina to identify the ones with more opportunities for women relative to other places in the Palmetto State.
More specifically, we looked at the top level metrics like pay equality and job opportunities. And, at the end of the day, we were left with this set of of the top ten best places for working women in South Carolina:
- Irmo
- Cayce
- Charleston
- Simpsonville
- Mauldin
- Beaufort
- Lexington
- North Charleston
- Fort Mill
- Greenville
Read on to see how we came up with this list and a closer look at the top ten places. And congratulations to Irmo for leading the pack when it comes to women’s working opportunities in South Carolina.
How We Determined The Best Places In South Carolina For Working Women
There are two aspects that we wanted to look at when it came to job opportunities for women:
- The general economic climate of a place
- The economic climate for women in a place
It goes without saying that a bad job market overall will impact women just as much as men. But we also want to catch the added discrimination women face on pay and job opportunity.
We dove into the 2013 American Community Survey to see what data was available. After considering the options, we landed on this set of criteria:
- Pay Gap for full time workers (Median Female Earnings / Median Male Earnings)
- Female Participation Rate Female Participation Rate
- Female unemployment rate
We ranked each of the 67 places in South Carolina with over 5,000 working adults from 1 to 67 in each category, with a lower ranking being better.
We then averaged across the rankings to create a quality of women’s work opportunity index. We then deemed the place scoring the lowest, Irmo, the “Best Place For Working Women In South Carolina”.
Read on to see more information about the top ten.
1. Irmo
Pay Gap: 91.43%
Partcipation Rate: 73.12%
2. Cayce
Pay Gap: 108.69%
Partcipation Rate: 58.51%
3. Charleston
Pay Gap: 80.04%
Partcipation Rate: 64.57%
4. Simpsonville
Pay Gap: 90.75%
Partcipation Rate: 63.29%
5. Mauldin
Pay Gap: 76.68%
Partcipation Rate: 62.87%
6. Beaufort
Pay Gap: 124.70%
Partcipation Rate: 57.46%
7. Lexington
Pay Gap: 76.55%
Partcipation Rate: 64.24%
8. North Charleston
Pay Gap: 84.98%
Partcipation Rate: 64.60%
9. Fort Mill
Pay Gap: 68.47%
Partcipation Rate: 63.11%
10. Greenville
Pay Gap: 77.54%
Partcipation Rate: 61.44%
Author
Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.
