Kentucky workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Kentucky at a glance

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 44

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 4,907 workers

• 73

  American Job Centers

• 34

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Kentucky layoff notice

Laid off in Kentucky? How to file for unemployment in Kentucky (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

• Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board

  Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

• Cumberlands Workforce Area

  Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Wayne, Whitley

• Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Board

  Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Wolfe

• Greater Louisville Workforce Development Board

  Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble

• Green River Workforce Development Board

  Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, Webster

• Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board

  Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Washington

• Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board

  Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton

• South Central Workforce Development Board

  Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson, Warren

• Tenco Workforce Development Board

  Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Montgomery, Robertson, Rowan

• West Kentucky Workforce Development Board

  Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg

American Job Centers