Henderson County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Henderson County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Henderson County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
19,397
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
44,493
people in Henderson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,239
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Henderson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Henderson 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 Henderson 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.

Nexstar Media Group3 open roles
Cintas2 open roles
Boys & Girls Clubs Of America1 open role
BrightView1 open role
BrightView Health1 open role
Dana Tm41 open role
gpac1 open role
Henderson County Board of Education1 open role
Human Capital Ventures1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Green River Workforce Development Board
Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, Webster

Henderson County Public Library
Henderson · Affiliate · 270-826-3712

Cities in Henderson County

Henderson12 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

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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.