Bourbon County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bourbon County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bourbon County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
9,998
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,174
people in Bourbon County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,322
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bourbon County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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.

Avantor2 open roles
HelloFresh1 open role
TEKsystems1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board
Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

Bourbon Public Library
Paris · Affiliate · 859-987-4419
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

Cities in Bourbon County

Paris6 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Bourbon 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.