Harlan County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Harlan County’s unemployment rate is 5.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Harlan County economy

5.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.8% the month before
7,593
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,185
people in Harlan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$37,198
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Harlan County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Harlan 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 Harlan 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 - Harlan
Harlan · Affiliate · 606-573-5335
Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Cities in Harlan 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.