# Counties in Kentucky by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 120 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 480,013 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 206,779 |
| 3 | Boone County | 105,521 |
| 4 | Kenton County | 75,385 |
| 5 | Warren County | 71,839 |
| 6 | Hardin County | 48,702 |
| 7 | Daviess County | 47,804 |
| 8 | McCracken County | 40,975 |
| 9 | Madison County | 36,855 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 35,322 |
| 11 | Campbell County | 32,037 |
| 12 | Scott County | 31,432 |
| 13 | Christian County | 31,172 |
| 14 | Bullitt County | 29,334 |
| 15 | Pulaski County | 26,767 |
| 16 | Boyd County | 26,451 |
| 17 | Laurel County | 26,104 |
| 18 | Pike County | 20,166 |
| 19 | Jessamine County | 18,926 |
| 20 | Henderson County | 18,611 |
| 21 | Nelson County | 18,432 |
| 22 | Hopkins County | 17,329 |
| 23 | Oldham County | 16,995 |
| 24 | Shelby County | 16,522 |
| 25 | Barren County | 15,651 |
| 26 | Calloway County | 15,612 |
| 27 | Whitley County | 14,880 |
| 28 | Boyle County | 14,509 |
| 29 | Clark County | 13,539 |
| 30 | Graves County | 11,949 |
| 31 | Taylor County | 11,564 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 11,471 |
| 33 | Perry County | 11,306 |
| 34 | Floyd County | 11,099 |
| 35 | Rowan County | 10,626 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | 10,114 |
| 37 | Woodford County | 9,931 |
| 38 | Simpson County | 9,304 |
| 39 | Marion County | 8,904 |
| 40 | Logan County | 8,764 |
| 41 | Bell County | 8,318 |
| 42 | Carroll County | 7,875 |
| 43 | Mason County | 7,872 |
| 44 | Muhlenberg County | 7,845 |
| 45 | Knox County | 7,528 |
| 46 | Ohio County | 7,304 |
| 47 | Grayson County | 7,242 |
| 48 | Bourbon County | 7,068 |
| 49 | Greenup County | 7,006 |
| 50 | Mercer County | 6,416 |
| 51 | Harlan County | 6,247 |
| 52 | Russell County | 6,049 |
| 53 | Carter County | 5,573 |
| 54 | Hart County | 5,466 |
| 55 | Grant County | 5,430 |
| 56 | Meade County | 5,372 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 5,322 |
| 58 | Union County | 5,284 |
| 59 | Harrison County | 5,230 |
| 60 | Allen County | 5,159 |
| 61 | Anderson County | 5,155 |
| 62 | Adair County | 5,091 |
| 63 | Wayne County | 5,080 |
| 64 | Caldwell County | 4,673 |
| 65 | Letcher County | 4,130 |
| 66 | Clay County | 4,088 |
| 67 | Lincoln County | 3,987 |
| 68 | Casey County | 3,954 |
| 69 | Rockcastle County | 3,837 |
| 70 | Breckinridge County | 3,769 |
| 71 | Lawrence County | 3,759 |
| 72 | Clinton County | 3,635 |
| 73 | Hancock County | 3,627 |
| 74 | Washington County | 3,569 |
| 75 | Livingston County | 3,489 |
| 76 | Monroe County | 3,247 |
| 77 | Fleming County | 3,209 |
| 78 | Morgan County | 3,181 |
| 79 | Henry County | 3,044 |
| 80 | Powell County | 3,003 |
| 81 | Trigg County | 2,955 |
| 82 | Todd County | 2,941 |
| 83 | Butler County | 2,940 |
| 84 | Webster County | 2,855 |
| 85 | McCreary County | 2,825 |
| 86 | Garrard County | 2,688 |
| 87 | Breathitt County | 2,641 |
| 88 | Larue County | 2,614 |
| 89 | Lyon County | 2,596 |
| 90 | Gallatin County | 2,526 |
| 91 | Cumberland County | 2,520 |
| 92 | Spencer County | 2,284 |
| 93 | Estill County | 2,261 |
| 94 | Fulton County | 2,250 |
| 95 | Pendleton County | 2,224 |
| 96 | Knott County | 2,208 |
| 97 | Metcalfe County | 2,087 |
| 98 | Magoffin County | 1,956 |
| 99 | Bath County | 1,937 |
| 100 | Ballard County | 1,923 |
| 101 | Crittenden County | 1,917 |
| 102 | Lewis County | 1,912 |
| 103 | Green County | 1,900 |
| 104 | Martin County | 1,772 |
| 105 | Jackson County | 1,770 |
| 106 | Lee County | 1,721 |
| 107 | McLean County | 1,716 |
| 108 | Edmonson County | 1,695 |
| 109 | Wolfe County | 1,594 |
| 110 | Owen County | 1,592 |
| 111 | Bracken County | 1,564 |
| 112 | Leslie County | 1,446 |
| 113 | Carlisle County | 1,054 |
| 114 | Trimble County | 1,022 |
| 115 | Nicholas County | 962 |
| 116 | Menifee County | 950 |
| 117 | Hickman County | 913 |
| 118 | Elliott County | 898 |
| 119 | Owsley County | 704 |
| 120 | Robertson County | 317 |