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Boyd County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boyd County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Boyd County economy

  • 4.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 19,500

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 48,043

    people in Boyd County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $60,659

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Boyd County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Boyd 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 Boyd 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. Cintas2 open roles
  2. Blue Cross Arena1 open role
  3. City National Bank of West Virginia1 open role
  4. GPAC1 open role
  5. King's Daughters Medical Center1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kentucky Career Center - Ashland

    Ashland · Comprehensive · 606-920-2024

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Boyd County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Boyd 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.