Oldham County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Oldham County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Oldham County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
34,622
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
68,600
people in Oldham County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$121,491
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Oldham County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Oldham 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 Oldham 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.

General Hotels1 open role
Vaughn Petitt Legal Group PLLC1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Greater Louisville Workforce Development Board
Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble

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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.