Pikeville, KY jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Pikeville
- P&C Field Engineer Associate - Field Engineer SeniorAmerican Electric Power
- Clinical Nutrition Manager — Hybrid Role + $5k Sign-OnCompass Healthcare
- Clinical Nutrition ManagerCompass Group
- HR GeneralistKellanova
Employers hiring most in Pikeville
- American Electric Power1 open role
- Compass Group1 open role
- Compass Healthcare1 open role
- Kellanova1 open role
Pikeville layoffs
No layoff notices naming Pikeville 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.
Colleges in Pikeville
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Pikeville | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Pike 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 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 6.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 6.2%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pikeville. 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).
- Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Board
Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Wolfe
Pikeville - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Pikeville · Affiliate · 606-433-7618
Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Pike County economy
6.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.9% the month before
19,876
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,466
people in Pike County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,179
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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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