Morgan County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Morgan County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Morgan County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
4,625
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,938
people in Morgan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$47,493
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Morgan County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Morgan 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 Morgan 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

Gateway Community Action
West Liberty · Affiliate · 606-743-3133
Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in Morgan County

West Liberty

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Laid off or looking for work in Morgan 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.