Bell County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meBell County economy
5.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.2% the month before
7,565
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
23,878
people in Bell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$32,403
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Bell 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 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.9%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Bell County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bell County 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 Bell County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | Pineville | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bell County. 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
Kentucky Career Center - Pineville
Pineville · Affiliate
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Kentucky’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Kentucky unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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