Kentucky workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Kentucky at a glance

• 4.3%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 34

  WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 4,508 workers

• 73

  American Job Centers

• 34

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Kentucky layoff notice

Workforce boards

• Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board

  Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

• Cumberlands Workforce Area

  Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Wayne, Whitley

• 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

• Greater Louisville Workforce Development Board

  Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble

• Green River Workforce Development Board

  Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, Webster

• Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board

  Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Washington

• Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board

  Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton

• South Central Workforce Development Board

  Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson, Warren

• Tenco Workforce Development Board

  Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Montgomery, Robertson, Rowan

• West Kentucky Workforce Development Board

  Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg

American Job Centers