Scott County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meScott County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
32,821
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
58,269
people in Scott County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,660
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Scott County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 7.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+757 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+363 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−747 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Scott 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 Scott 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.
Scott County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Scott 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.
Employers hiring most in Scott 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.
- Toyota Tsusho America4 open roles
- Affinity Executive Search1 open role
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions1 open role
- Calqulate Metrics1 open role
- JLL1 open role
- Kyyba1 open role
- LifePoint Health1 open role
- MSIG Holdings1 open role
- SCPL1 open role
- TOP DOG1 open role
Colleges in Scott County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown College | Georgetown | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Scott 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
Cities in Scott County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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