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Pike County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pike County’s unemployment rate is 6.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 44 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pike County economy

  • 6.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.1% the month before

  • 19,630

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 57,466

    people in Pike County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $42,179

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pike County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pike 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 Pike 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. University of Pikeville39 open roles
  2. Compass Group2 open roles
  3. Compass Healthcare1 open role
  4. Kellanova1 open role
  5. Strategic Staffing Solutions1 open role

Colleges in Pike County

Colleges in Pike County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of PikevillePikevillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pike 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

  • Pikeville - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

    Pikeville · Affiliate · 606-433-7618

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

Cities in Pike County

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Pike 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.