United States Employment Snapshot



Kentucky Employment Snapshot




Kentucky Payroll Employment


  • Kentucky added 6,300 net payroll jobs, or 0.3 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis during March. In the prior month, Kentucky added 8,000 jobs. Kentucky nonfarm payroll employment has increased in 7 of the past 12 months.

  • Nationally, nonfarm payrolls rose by 228,000 in March, or 0.1 percent. Kentucky is tied for 21st in the nation for percentage gain in nonfarm payroll employment over the past 12 months.

  • Kentucky added 6,300 private sector jobs, or 0.4 percent. on a seasonally adjusted basis during March. In the prior month, Kentucky added 5,700 jobs. Kentucky private sector payroll employment has increased in 8 of the past 12 months.

  • Nationally, private sector payroll jobs rose by 209,000 jobs in March, or 0.2 percent. Kentucky is tied for 23rd in the nation for percentage gain in private sector payroll employment over the past 12 months.

  • The best performing sectors on a seasonally adjusted basis during March were Construction (3,500) and Manufacturing (2,600).

  • The poorest performing sectors during the month were Other Services (-300) and Professional and Business Services (-1,900).

  • The best performing sectors during the last 12 months were Construction tied with Education and Health Services (7,500) and Government (4,100).

  • The poorest performing sectors during the last 12 months were Mining and Logging (-700) and Professional and Business Services (-3,700).



Kentucky Labor Force


The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 and older who are employed or actively looking for work.