Newport, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Newport
- Problem Solver /Account ExecutiveLegion Logistics
- Senior Manager, Logistics Analytics & OptimizationUber Freight
- Carrier Manager II (Transportation Management)Uber Freight
Employers hiring most in Newport
- Uber Freight2 open roles
- Legion Logistics1 open role
Newport layoffs
No layoff notices naming Newport 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.
Campbell 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 6.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+632 jobs), hotels & food (+459 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−790 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Newport. 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
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Workforce development and job centers
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Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton
Campbell County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
49,581
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
93,193
people in Campbell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,271
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
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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