Rowan County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Rowan County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
10,764
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,525
people in Rowan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,657
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Rowan County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Rowan County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Rowan 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.
- Mountain View Pace2 open roles
- Confidential1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- Insight Global1 open role
- Regal Rexnord1 open role
Colleges in Rowan County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehead State University | Morehead | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rowan County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Tenco Workforce Development Board
Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Montgomery, Robertson, Rowan
Kentucky Career Center - Morehead
Morehead · Comprehensive · 606-783-8525
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Rowan County
- Morehead6 jobs
Other Kentucky counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.