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Barren County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Barren County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Barren County economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 18,194

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 44,670

    people in Barren County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,171

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Barren County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Barren County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Barren County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Bluegrass Ingredients2 open roles
  2. 8afa370b 4b0a 4b16 B342 33da8df5c89e1 open role
  3. Armstrong Watson1 open role
  4. IDEX Consulting1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Barren County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Cities in Barren County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Barren County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Kentucky’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.