Graves County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Graves County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Graves County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
16,709
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,612
people in Graves County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,576
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Graves County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Graves 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 Graves 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.

LifePoint Health3 open roles
Connexzia2 open roles
Confidential1 open role
Flow Control Group1 open role
GPAC1 open role
ITAC1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

West Kentucky Workforce Development Board
Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg

Cities in Graves County

Mayfield9 jobs

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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.