Fulton County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Fulton County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Fulton County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
2,560
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6,440
people in Fulton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$36,834
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Fulton 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 4.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

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Fulton County layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
67
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in Fulton County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Apr 30, 2026	Stella-Jones CorporationTakes effect Jul 1, 2026	Fulton County	67	Closure	State record

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Employers hiring most in Fulton 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.

Tokai Carbon1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fulton 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 Fulton County

Fulton

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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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