Shelby County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Shelby County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Shelby County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
25,616
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
48,599
people in Shelby County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,671
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Shelby County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Shelby 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 Shelby 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.

German American Bank4 open roles
Healthcarelinensg3 open roles
Wawa3 open roles
voestalpine Roll Forming2 open roles
Aaron's Family of Companies1 open role
Amcor Flexibles1 open role
Builders FirstSource1 open role
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Diageo1 open role
Etech Hi1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Shelby 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

Cities in Shelby County

Shelbyville20 jobs
Simpsonville5 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

Laid off or looking for work in Shelby 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.