Harlan, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
Harlan layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Harlan in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Harlan. 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 - Harlan
Harlan · Affiliate · 606-573-5335
Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm
Harlan County economy
5.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.8% the month before
7,593
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,185
people in Harlan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$37,198
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Harlan?
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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.