Columbia, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Columbia
- Regional Service Manager, AgRev - ColumbiaAGCO
- PrincipalAdair County Middle School
- Director of Pupil PersonnelAdair County School District
Employers hiring most in Columbia
- Adair County Middle School1 open role
- Adair County School District1 open role
- AGCO1 open role
Columbia layoffs
No layoff notices naming Columbia 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 Columbia
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Wilson College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Adair 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 12.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.4%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
Learn and get funded in Columbia
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia. 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).
- Cumberlands Workforce Area
Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Wayne, Whitley
Kentucky Career Center Adair County - Columbia
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Adair County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
8,392
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,016
people in Adair County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,316
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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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