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Carter County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carter County’s unemployment rate is 6.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Carter County economy

  • 6.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.7% the month before

  • 10,088

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 26,515

    people in Carter County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,389

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carter County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carter 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 Carter 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. Braden Auto Group1 open role
  2. Smithfield Foods1 open role
  3. Transparent Search Group1 open role

Colleges in Carter County

Colleges in Carter County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Kentucky Christian UniversityGraysonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Board

    Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Wolfe

Cities in Carter County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Carter 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.