McCracken County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

McCracken County economy

• 4.0%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 31,536

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 67,584

  people in McCracken County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $62,385

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

McCracken County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming McCracken 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 McCracken 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. General Matter7 open roles
2. Bon Secours Mercy Health2 open roles
3. Department of Energy Headquarters2 open roles
4. Five Below2 open roles
5. Mercy Hospital Springfield2 open roles
6. Amazon1 open role
7. Autozone1 open role
8. Baptist Health Kentucky1 open role
9. Community Hospital1 open role
10. Consolidated Electrical Distributors1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

• West Kentucky Workforce Development Board

  Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg

• Kentucky Career Center - Paducah

  Paducah · Affiliate · 270-575-7000

  M-F 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in McCracken County

• Paducah31 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

• Jefferson County
• Fayette County
• Kenton County
• Boone County
• Warren County
• Hardin County
• Daviess County
• Madison County
• Campbell County
• Bullitt County
• Christian County
• Oldham County