Nelson County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nelson County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 30 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Nelson County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
23,494
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,102
people in Nelson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,888
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Nelson County ranks

Where Nelson County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#10Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southeast9.6 per 10,000 · of 100

Nelson 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 6.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+454 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Nelson 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.

Nelson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Nelson 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 Nelson 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.

Sazerac4 open roles
CrunchTime3 open roles
Heaven Hill Brands3 open roles
Certara2 open roles
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers2 open roles
Summize2 open roles
Alter Domus1 open role
American Fuji Seal1 open role
Amplitude1 open role
Burnout Brands1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board
Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Washington

Kentuck Career Center- Bardstown
Bardstown · Affiliate · 502-768-4400
Monday-Friday 8:00am 4:30pm;

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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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