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Franklin County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Franklin County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 124 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Franklin County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 27,724

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 51,563

    people in Franklin County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,470

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Franklin County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Franklin 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 Franklin 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. Lumen15 open roles
  2. Oracle6 open roles
  3. Army National Guard Units5 open roles
  4. Sazerac5 open roles
  5. gpac4 open roles
  6. Rocket Software4 open roles
  7. Everstory Partners3 open roles
  8. Kentucky State University3 open roles
  9. Zayo3 open roles
  10. CAI2 open roles

Colleges in Franklin County

Colleges in Franklin County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Kentucky State UniversityFrankfortPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Franklin 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

  • Paul Sawyer Library (Access Point)

    Frankfort · Affiliate · 502-352-2665

    Monday-Friday 10:00am-7:00pm

Cities in Franklin County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Franklin 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.