Kent County, MD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kent County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Kent County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
9,590
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,265
people in Kent County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,402
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kent County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kent 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 Kent 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.

Acts Retirement-Life Communities1 open role
Gillespie Precast1 open role
Radcliffe Creek School1 open role

Colleges in Kent County

Colleges in Kent County
College	City	Type	Students
Washington College	Chestertown	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Upper Shore Workforce Development Board
Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes, Talbot

American Job Center - Chestertown
Chestertown · Affiliate · 410-778-3525
Monday & Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

Cities in Kent County

Chestertown4 jobs

Other Maryland counties

All of Maryland

Laid off or looking for work in Kent 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 Maryland’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.