Barbourville, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
Barbourville layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Barbourville in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Barbourville
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Union Commonwealth University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Barbourville. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Board
Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Wolfe
Kentucky Career Center JobSight
Barbourville · Affiliate · 606-546-2639
Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Knox County economy
5.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.3% the month before
9,844
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,034
people in Knox County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$33,153
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Barbourville?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Kentucky’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.