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May unemployment in Kentucky is down slightly from where it was the previous year.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for May was 4.5 percent. While that is slightly above the average reported in April of 4.3 percent, it is down .2 percent from the May 2025 average of 4.7 percent.
Kentucky’s unemployment average for May came in slightly above the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of Labor says at 4.3 percent is even with the rate reported in May 2025.
The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet says the state’s civilian labor force, which includes people currently employed and people actively searching for work, saw a decrease of 556 people from April to May, bringing the total civilian labor force to 2,097,040 people.
The Government, Professional and Business Services, Leisure and Hospitality, and Mining and Logging sectors saw increases from April to May. Numbers in the Educational and Health Services and the Information Services sectors were unchanged. Decreases were seen in the Financial Activities, Construction, Other Services, Manufacturing, and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities sectors.
Visit the Kentucky Center for Statistics website, kystats.ky.gov, for more about unemployment figures and labor market information.
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