McCracken County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

McCracken County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 29 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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McCracken County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
31,667
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
67,584
people in McCracken County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,385
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

McCracken 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 3.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.3%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+493 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+404 jobs)

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McCracken County layoffs

No layoff notices naming McCracken 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 McCracken 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.

General Matter9 open roles
Bon Secours Mercy Health2 open roles
Mercy Hospital Springfield2 open roles
Amazon1 open role
Coca-Cola North America bottlers (CONA)1 open role
Community Hospital1 open role
Four Rivers Behavioral Health1 open role
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
Granite Construction1 open role
Healthworks Medical1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving McCracken 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

Kentucky Career Center - Paducah
Paducah · Affiliate · 270-575-7000
M-F 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in McCracken County

Paducah29 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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