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Louisville, KY jobs, layoffs and employers

2,557 open professional jobs in Louisville. Louisville is in Jefferson County.

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Jobs in Louisville

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Employers hiring most in Louisville

  1. Deloitte71 open roles
  2. Norton Healthcare40 open roles
  3. Humana37 open roles
  4. BrightSpring Health Services32 open roles
  5. GE Appliances28 open roles
  6. PwC27 open roles
  7. Lumen25 open roles
  8. Churchill Downs23 open roles
  9. Confidential23 open roles
  10. Sazerac22 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Louisville

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Louisville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Louisville 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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Colleges in Louisville

Colleges in Louisville
CollegeTypeStudents
University of LouisvillePublic 4-year20,000+
Bellarmine UniversityPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Spalding UniversityPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Simmons College of KentuckyPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Job fairs and business events in Louisville

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Louisville.

Conferences in Louisville

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Louisville. 17 with dates announced.

  • AASHTO Annual Meeting

    Nov 15 to Nov 18, 2026 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. Registration open; fee not seen.

  • USASBE Annual Conference

    Feb 10 to Feb 13, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Ticket $720 to $905. $720 current member; $905 new/renewing member; $815 new/renewing student (all include membership as…

    Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 13, 2026

  • KSBA Annual Conference

    Feb 19 to Feb 21, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. Registration fee not shown on the conference page; exhibitor booth $1,350.

    Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 25, 2026

  • ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference

    Feb 28 to Mar 2, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. Prices not read.

    Open call for speakers · deadline Jul 21, 2026

  • Kentucky Healthcare Innovation Summit

    Mar 3, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Ticket $299 to $399. $299 Chamber members, non-profits and government; $399 non-members. Registration opening soon.

  • Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS)

    Mar 18 to Mar 20, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Free. 2026 attendee registration was free (closed Feb 26, 2026); 2027 registration window not yet posted.

  • AAPPR Advancing Connections (physician recruiters)

    Mar 23 to Mar 25, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. 2027 rates not yet posted; displayed rates are 2026. Pre-conference courses Mar 22-23.

  • KEA Delegate Assembly

    Apr 1 to Apr 2, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    By invitation only. Delegates are elected by their local; no public registration fee listed.

  • RILA Retail Asset Protection Conference

    May 4 to May 7, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. Registration and team rates on RILA's rate page; amounts not shown.

  • Fastener Fair USA

    May 19 to May 20, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Free expo, paid sessions. Site also mentions Charlotte; Louisville supported by FAQ.

  • IISE Annual Conference & Expo

    May 22 to May 25, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Paid ticket. Prices on separate Registration and Fees page, not read.

    Open call for speakers · deadline Nov 8, 2026

  • Area Development Spring Consultants Forum (Louisville)

    Jun 7 to Jun 9, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Free expo, paid sessions. Omni Louisville; dates from an official-domain search result; pricing and eligibility not read.

Showing 12 of 18 conferences, 17 with dates announced.

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Where Louisville ranks

Where Louisville placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Jefferson 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.6%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+9,397 jobs), hotels & food (+2,556 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−4,570 jobs), finance & insurance (−2,917 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Learn and get funded in Louisville

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Louisville. 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).

  • Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus

    Louisville · Comprehensive · 502-388-3010

    Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Jefferson County economy

  • 4.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 401,632

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 777,392

    people in Jefferson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,849

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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