Owensboro, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Owensboro
- Asset Implementation SpecialistTransco Lines
- Audit ManagerGPAC
- Director of Accreditation and LicensureRiver Valley Behavioral Health
- Director of Pharmacy | Owensboro, KentuckyUnitedHealthcare
- Human Resources Business PartnerBoardwalk Pipeline
- Chief Sales Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield Owensboro, KYJamdanceacademy
- Engineer, Design MechanicalSouthern Star Central Gas Pipeline
- Outside Sales Representative (Bilingual Spanish)Charter Communications
- Local On-Site Business AnalystUnifirst
- Senior Manager - Warehouse Management System (WMS) TechnologyUnifirst
Employers hiring most in Owensboro
- Philip Morris International7 open roles
- Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline3 open roles
- Atmos Energy2 open roles
- Charter Communications2 open roles
- Unifirst2 open roles
- Unitedhealth Group2 open roles
- Boardwalk Pipeline1 open role
- Cargill1 open role
- Carters1 open role
- Driven Brands Holdings1 open role
Owensboro layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Owensboro 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 Owensboro
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Brescia University | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Owensboro. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Green River Workforce Development Board
Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, Webster
Kentucky Career Center - Green River
Owensboro · Comprehensive · 270-687-7297
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday
Daviess County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
49,074
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
103,195
people in Daviess County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,323
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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.