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Mercer County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mercer County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Mercer County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 10,646

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 22,824

    people in Mercer County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,115

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mercer County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mercer 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 Mercer 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. Corning7 open roles
  2. Actalent1 open role
  3. Astemo1 open role
  4. CTG Computer Task Group1 open role
  5. Essity1 open role
  6. MileHigh Adjusters Houston1 open role
  7. Premier Staffing Solution1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board

    Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

  • Mercer Public Library

    Harrodsburg · Affiliate · 859-734-3680

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

Cities in Mercer County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Mercer 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.