Carroll County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carroll County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Carroll County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
5,092
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,878
people in Carroll County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,753
median household income
Source: Census ACS
20%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carroll 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 down 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Carroll 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

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Carroll County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Carroll 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 Carroll 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.

Phoenix Global1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton

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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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