Berea, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meBerea layoffs
No layoff notices naming Berea in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Berea
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Berea College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Madison County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 9.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 9.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.0%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+770 jobs), other services (+552 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Berea. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Longtime Lexington TV anchor Doug High will be on the air again soonLexington Herald-Leader on MSN · Oct 24, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Berea. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Kentucky? How to file for unemployment in Kentucky (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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Madison County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
47,951
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
94,064
people in Madison County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,407
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Kentucky’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Kentucky unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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