Jackson, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
Jackson layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Jackson 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 Jackson
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jackson. 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
Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership, Inc.
Jackson · Affiliate · 606-666-2369
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Breathitt County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
4,047
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,438
people in Breathitt County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$41,101
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Jackson?
See what to do first and the jobs open near you.
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.