Meade County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Meade County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Meade County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
14,210
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,032
people in Meade County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,163
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Meade County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Meade 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 Meade 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 Meade 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.