Floyd County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Floyd County’s unemployment rate is 5.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Floyd County economy

5.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.0% the month before
11,628
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,342
people in Floyd County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$41,582
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Floyd County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Floyd 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 Floyd 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

Kentucky Career Center Prestonsburg - Career Development Office
Prestonsburg · Affiliate · 606-889-1772
Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30

Cities in Floyd County

Prestonsburg

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Floyd County?

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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.