Eddy Kicker's Blog: Greenville South Carolina Economy

General Electric, one of Greenville's largest employers, has announced they will be adding 200 new engineers this year which is in addition to the 300 they added in 2007. These new positions will range in salary from $55,000 to over $100,000 per year. These 200 new positions will push the total number of Greenville based GE employees to over 3,150 and set a new record for their total employment here.

The Greenville based division of General Electric focuses on the energy field and manufactures turbines used in energy production around the world. Because of their continued growth, GE has outgrown it's Greenville main campus and is leasing large amounts of office space throughout the Greenville area.

This is great news for the Greenville area as our…

Forbes just released their annual rankings for America's top 100 cities for jobs. Greenville South Carolina moved up to number 68 from the 2006 ranking of 91. The list is based on growth in both jobs and income, median household income, cost of living and the unemployment rate.

Greenville's continued growth is due to the diversity of business that has been attracted to our area including companies like BMW, Michelin and others.

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