Owensboro, KY jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Owensboro

• Local On-Site Business AnalystUnifirst
• Senior Manager - Warehouse Management System (WMS) TechnologyUnifirst
• Team LeaderUnifirst
• Director of PharmacyUnitedhealth Group
• Onsite CDI ManagerUnitedhealth Group
• Assistant Food & Beverage Manager | Full-Time | Owensboro Convention CenterSeattle Aquarium Society-seas
• Food & Beverage Manager | Full-Time | Owensboro Convention CenterSeattle Aquarium Society-seas
• Operations Manager | Full-Time | Owensboro Convention CenterSeattle Aquarium Society-seas
• Event Manager | Full-Time | Owensboro Convention CenterSeattle Aquarium Society-seas
• Oil Change Shop Manager - Shop#1735 - 4940 Frederica StDriven Brands Holdings

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Employers hiring most in Owensboro

1. Seattle Aquarium Society-seas4 open roles
2. Churchill Downs3 open roles
3. Unifirst3 open roles
4. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
5. Owensboro Health2 open roles
6. Sazerac2 open roles
7. Unitedhealth Group2 open roles
8. Atmos Energy1 open role
9. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners1 open role
10. Cargill1 open role

Owensboro layoffs

No layoff notices naming Owensboro 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 Owensboro

Daviess 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 5.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+694 jobs), hotels & food (+546 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Owensboro

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Green River Workforce Development Board

  Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, Webster

• Kentucky Career Center - Green River

  Owensboro · Comprehensive · 270-687-7297

  8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday

Daviess County economy

• 4.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.1% the month before

• 49,197

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 103,195

  people in Daviess County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $65,323

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 32%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS