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Mason County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mason County’s unemployment rate is 5.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Mason County economy

  • 5.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.6% the month before

  • 7,149

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 16,995

    people in Mason County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $51,473

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mason County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mason 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 Mason 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.

  1. LifePoint Health2 open roles
  2. Carlson Software1 open role
  3. Mitsubishi Electric US1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kentucky Career Center - Maysville

    Maysville · Affiliate

    8 a.m. - 12 pm and 1 pm -4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

  • Maysville Community and Technical College

    Maysville · Affiliate

    Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in Mason County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Mason 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.