Larue County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Larue County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Larue County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
6,976
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,028
people in Larue County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,770
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Larue County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Larue 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 Larue County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board
Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Washington

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Larue 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.