Trimble County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Trimble County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Trimble County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 4,036

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,531

    people in Trimble County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,813

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Trimble 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 down 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

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Trimble County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Trimble 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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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Trimble County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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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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