Murray, KY jobs, layoffs and employers

2 open professional jobs in Murray. Murray is in Calloway County.

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Employers hiring most in Murray

  1. Confidential1 open role
  2. Saputo Inc./ADR1 open role

Murray layoffs

No layoff notices naming Murray 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 Murray

Colleges in Murray
CollegeTypeStudents
Murray State UniversityPublic 4-year10,000–19,999

Calloway 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 4.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.9%, unchanged from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Calloway County economy

  • 4.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 17,209

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 37,882

    people in Calloway County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $51,854

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    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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