Charleston Women Winter 2021-22

www. Char l es tonWomenPodcas t . com | www. ReadCW. com | www. I ns tagram. com /Char l es tonWomen CW W omen own 36% of businesses worldwide. Women-owned employer firms reported nearly $1.8 trillion in sales, shipments, receipts or revenue and employed over 10.1 million workers with an annual payroll of $388.1 billion in 2018. Average annual earnings of employees for women- owned firms lag behind the national earnings average of the workers of all firms: $38,238 in average annual payroll per employee, compared with $54,114 . California is the state with the most women- owned businesses, coming in at 149,927 in 2018. Nearly 1.6 million Hispanic women-owned businesses reported sales of $34.7 billion in 2017. Nearly 3.7 million minority women-owned businesses reported sales of $83.8 billion in 2017. 142,000 veteran women-owned businesses reported sales of $3.1 billion in 2017. As of October 2021, at least 163 businesses in Charleston are controlled and owned by women. Of those, at least 38 are owned by minority women. Information provided by the US Census Bureau as of 2018, and Charleston’s Minority &Women-Owned Business Enterprise Office as of October 2021. By the Numbers Women & Business 843.224.8486 michelle.austin@carolinaone.com “Michelle helped us find our forever home! She was always available to us and answered every question we had. She found everything we wanted in a house and more! Michelle made the home buying process super easy!” “Michelle was fantastic. She went above and beyond to help us find our dream home. She will be highly recommended to all friends and family.”  She brings energy and experience to the top producing team at Carolina One Real Estate.