Boone County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boone County economy

• 3.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 75,658

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 137,676

  people in Boone County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $94,752

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Boone 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 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: wholesale (+1,504 jobs), health care (+1,026 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−2,189 jobs), management of companies (−814 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Boone County. 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

Learn and get funded in Boone County

• 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.

Boone County layoffs

• 5

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 656

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 5

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Boone County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. Amazon23 open roles
2. Amrize Southwest4 open roles
3. Churchill Downs4 open roles
4. L'Oréal4 open roles
5. Novolex4 open roles
6. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
7. Celanese2 open roles
8. Clarios2 open roles
9. Dayton Freight Lines2 open roles
10. Dollar General2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board

  Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton

• Kentucky Career Center - Florence

  Florence · Affiliate · 859-372-8400

  Monday thru Thursday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 pm.

• Covington CVG Airport

  Hebron · Affiliate · 859-767-6952

  Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

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