Bracken County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bracken County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Bracken County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
3,856
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,427
people in Bracken County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,521
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bracken County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bracken 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Tenco Workforce Development Board
Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Montgomery, Robertson, Rowan

Other Kentucky counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Bracken County?

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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.