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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Kentucky

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Kentucky was 2,718,290 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs2,718,290
Change on 20240%
Rank26th of 51US states ranked
Series high2,718,2902025
Series low1,331,8691969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Kentucky, 1969 to 2025

1M1.5M2M2.5M3M19691978198719962005201420251969: 1,331,869 jobs1970: 1,336,200 jobs1971: 1,359,677 jobs1972: 1,391,733 jobs1973: 1,460,918 jobs1974: 1,495,502 jobs1975: 1,464,686 jobs1976: 1,522,537 jobs1977: 1,578,785 jobs1978: 1,644,520 jobs1979: 1,665,068 jobs1980: 1,642,192 jobs1981: 1,634,370 jobs1982: 1,615,586 jobs1983: 1,624,234 jobs1984: 1,676,458 jobs1985: 1,698,090 jobs1986: 1,733,268 jobs1987: 1,765,189 jobs1988: 1,815,845 jobs1989: 1,865,111 jobs1990: 1,906,123 jobs1991: 1,903,273 jobs1992: 1,949,274 jobs1993: 1,992,841 jobs1994: 2,034,504 jobs1995: 2,109,525 jobs1996: 2,141,075 jobs1997: 2,188,877 jobs1998: 2,223,896 jobs1999: 2,264,164 jobs2000: 2,306,481 jobs2001: 2,283,616 jobs2002: 2,263,400 jobs2003: 2,273,294 jobs2004: 2,300,562 jobs2005: 2,337,786 jobs2006: 2,374,793 jobs2007: 2,414,775 jobs2008: 2,402,305 jobs2009: 2,324,874 jobs2010: 2,325,641 jobs2011: 2,367,868 jobs2012: 2,389,067 jobs2013: 2,408,001 jobs2014: 2,440,510 jobs2015: 2,475,318 jobs2016: 2,500,636 jobs2017: 2,522,612 jobs2018: 2,549,960 jobs2019: 2,554,915 jobs2020: 2,478,203 jobs2021: 2,565,356 jobs2022: 2,646,293 jobs2023: 2,691,754 jobs2024: 2,718,222 jobs2025: 2,718,290 jobs1M1.5M2M2.5M3M19691988200720251969: 1,331,869 jobs1970: 1,336,200 jobs1971: 1,359,677 jobs1972: 1,391,733 jobs1973: 1,460,918 jobs1974: 1,495,502 jobs1975: 1,464,686 jobs1976: 1,522,537 jobs1977: 1,578,785 jobs1978: 1,644,520 jobs1979: 1,665,068 jobs1980: 1,642,192 jobs1981: 1,634,370 jobs1982: 1,615,586 jobs1983: 1,624,234 jobs1984: 1,676,458 jobs1985: 1,698,090 jobs1986: 1,733,268 jobs1987: 1,765,189 jobs1988: 1,815,845 jobs1989: 1,865,111 jobs1990: 1,906,123 jobs1991: 1,903,273 jobs1992: 1,949,274 jobs1993: 1,992,841 jobs1994: 2,034,504 jobs1995: 2,109,525 jobs1996: 2,141,075 jobs1997: 2,188,877 jobs1998: 2,223,896 jobs1999: 2,264,164 jobs2000: 2,306,481 jobs2001: 2,283,616 jobs2002: 2,263,400 jobs2003: 2,273,294 jobs2004: 2,300,562 jobs2005: 2,337,786 jobs2006: 2,374,793 jobs2007: 2,414,775 jobs2008: 2,402,305 jobs2009: 2,324,874 jobs2010: 2,325,641 jobs2011: 2,367,868 jobs2012: 2,389,067 jobs2013: 2,408,001 jobs2014: 2,440,510 jobs2015: 2,475,318 jobs2016: 2,500,636 jobs2017: 2,522,612 jobs2018: 2,549,960 jobs2019: 2,554,915 jobs2020: 2,478,203 jobs2021: 2,565,356 jobs2022: 2,646,293 jobs2023: 2,691,754 jobs2024: 2,718,222 jobs2025: 2,718,290 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20252,718,290
20242,718,222
20232,691,754
20222,646,293
20212,565,356
20202,478,203
20192,554,915
20182,549,960
20172,522,612
20162,500,636
20152,475,318
20142,440,510
20132,408,001
20122,389,067
20112,367,868
20102,325,641
20092,324,874
20082,402,305
20072,414,775
20062,374,793
20052,337,786
20042,300,562
20032,273,294
20022,263,400
20012,283,616
20002,306,481
19992,264,164
19982,223,896
19972,188,877
19962,141,075
19952,109,525
19942,034,504
19931,992,841
19921,949,274
19911,903,273
19901,906,123
19891,865,111
19881,815,845
19871,765,189
19861,733,268
19851,698,090
19841,676,458
19831,624,234
19821,615,586
19811,634,370
19801,642,192
19791,665,068
19781,644,520
19771,578,785
19761,522,537
19751,464,686
19741,495,502
19731,460,918
19721,391,733
19711,359,677
19701,336,200
19691,331,869

Compared with United States

Place2025
Kentucky2,718,290
United States218,324,700

Kentucky compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Kentucky is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Kentucky, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Kentucky, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/kentucky. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Kentucky, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/kentucky.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Kentucky, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/kentucky (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Kentucky, 1969 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Kentucky was 2,718,290 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Kentucky?

2,718,290 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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