Greenup County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Greenup County’s unemployment rate is 5.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Greenup County economy

5.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.5% the month before
13,928
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,639
people in Greenup County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,613
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Greenup 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 down 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

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Greenup County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Greenup 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 Greenup 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.

GPAC1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Tenco Workforce Development Board
Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Montgomery, Robertson, Rowan

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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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