Calloway County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Calloway County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Calloway County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
17,209
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,882
people in Calloway County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,854
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Calloway 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.9%, unchanged from a year ago

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Calloway County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Calloway 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.

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Employers hiring most in Calloway 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.

Confidential1 open role
Saputo Inc./ADR1 open role

Colleges in Calloway County

Colleges in Calloway County
College	City	Type	Students
Murray State University	Murray	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Calloway 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).

West Kentucky Workforce Development Board
Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg

Cities in Calloway County

Murray2 jobs

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Sources: 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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