Covington, KY jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Covington

• Executive Director of FinanceKentucky League of Cities
• Sales Support CoordinatorProtective Life
• Clinical Research CoordinatorIqvia
• Executive AssistantDefinity
• Compliance AnalystFidelity Investments
• HR GeneralistHood Container
• Accounts Receivable SpecialistCity Wide Facility Solutions
• Audit DirectorFidelity Investments
• Investment Management Consultant II - Covington, KYFidelity Investments
• Director, Communications ConsultantFidelity Investments

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Employers hiring most in Covington

1. Fidelity Investments11 open roles
2. Atkins & Pearce2 open roles
3. Crown Staffing2 open roles
4. Internal Revenue Service2 open roles
5. Blue North1 open role
6. City Wide Facility Solutions1 open role
7. DBL Law1 open role
8. Definity1 open role
9. Dexian1 open role
10. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role

Covington layoffs

No layoff notices naming Covington 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.

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Conferences in Covington

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Covington. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

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Kenton County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 5.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,492 jobs), manufacturing (+685 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−569 jobs), finance & insurance (−527 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Covington. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Dal-Tile workers pack job fair after sudden layoffsWAFF 48 on MSN · Oct 22, 2026
• Job fair for former Dal-Tile employees set for ThursdayThe TimesDaily · Oct 21, 2026
• Dal-Tile Services to shut down Florence facility, impacting 146 workersrocketcitynow.com on MSN · Oct 19, 2026
• Tile manufacturer closing Florence facilityWHNT-TV Huntsville on MSN · Oct 17, 2026

Learn and get funded in Covington

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board

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

• Kentucky Career Center - Covington

  Covington · Comprehensive · 859-292-6666

  Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pm, Walk-in and appointments available

Kenton County economy

• 3.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 93,823

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 169,817

  people in Kenton County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $79,421

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 44%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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