Lawrence County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lawrence County’s unemployment rate is 6.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lawrence County economy

6.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.6% the month before
5,366
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,171
people in Lawrence County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,584
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lawrence County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.

American Electric Power1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lawrence 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 - Louisa
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Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30 pm

Cities in Lawrence County

Louisa1 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Lawrence 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.