Clark County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clark County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Clark County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
18,309
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,004
people in Clark County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,824
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clark 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 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−381 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Clark County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Longtime Lexington TV anchor Doug High will be on the air again soonLexington Herald-Leader on MSN · Oct 24, 2026

Learn and get funded in Clark 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.

Clark County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Clark 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Clark 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.

Catalent Pharma Solutions4 open roles
Catalent2 open roles
East Kentucky Power Cooperative2 open roles
Thinking Ahead1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board
Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

Clark Public Library
Winchester · Affiliate · 859-744-5661
Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:00pm

Cities in Clark County

Winchester10 jobs

Other Kentucky counties

All of Kentucky

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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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