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Perry County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Perry County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Perry County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.8% the month before

  • 10,589

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 27,847

    people in Perry County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $45,261

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Perry County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Perry 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 Perry 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. Harlan Appalachian Regional Healthcare1 open role
  2. Mountain View Pace1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Perry 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

  • Kentucky Career Center Hazard

    Hazard · Comprehensive · 606-436-3161

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

Cities in Perry County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

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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.