Fort Knox, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
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- BGAD: Construction Engineering Manager – Explosives Manufacturing ( Contingency )KBR
- Data EngineerBooz Allen Hamilton
- Assistant Program ManagerPatriot-Enterprises-LL
- Fast Casual General ManagerChicken Ayres, LLC dba Zaxbys
- Case Manager Disability & Employment ProgramsAutomatic Data Processing
- BGAD: Construction Engineering Manager - Explosives Manufacturing ( Contingency )KBR
- Executive AssistantKinross Gold
- Financial AnalystResolution Think
- Supervisory Police Officer-Sergeant (TR-9)U.S. Mint
- Human Resources Specialist (Military) (GS-11)US Army Human Resources Command (Dru)
Employers hiring most in Fort Knox
- US Army Human Resources Command (Dru)4 open roles
- KBR2 open roles
- Kinross Gold2 open roles
- United States Army Installation Management Command2 open roles
- Automatic Data Processing1 open role
- Booz Allen Hamilton1 open role
- Chicken Ayres, LLC dba Zaxbys1 open role
- Department of War Education Activity1 open role
- Patriot-Enterprises-LL1 open role
- Resolution Think1 open role
Fort Knox layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fort Knox 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.
Hardin 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 8.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.1%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+2,050 jobs), health care (+582 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fort Knox. 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).
- Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board
Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Washington
VA.Regional Benefit Office -Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
Fort Knox · Affiliate · 502-287-5459
Tuesdays and Wednesday 8:30am-4:00pm
Hardin County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
49,533
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
111,452
people in Hardin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,608
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
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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