How many job openings are there in Kentucky?

Kentucky had 92K job openings as of Dec 2025, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS program.

How many people were hired in Kentucky recently?

Kentucky recorded 70K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Kentucky?

43K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Kentucky during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.1%. A higher quits rate generally indicates worker confidence, employees leave when they believe better opportunities are available.

How many layoffs happened in Kentucky?

There were 20K layoffs and discharges in Kentucky during Dec 2025. The count covers every employer-initiated separation in the period, both permanent layoffs and for-cause discharges.

What are total separations in Kentucky?

Total separations in Kentucky reached 68K in Dec 2025. This includes all employees who left their jobs, whether through quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, or transfers to other locations of the same firm.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Kentucky Labor Market

BLS JOLTS state totals for Kentucky: openings, hires, quits, and layoffs by month, with industry mix where the extract includes it. State releases may trail the national headline.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

92K
Job openings: 70K
Hires: 2.1%
Quits rate: 13th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-21 Kentucky

92K openings · 4.3% rate · 70K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 92K
RATE 4.3%
RANK 13th
HIRE 70K
QUIT 2.1%
LAY 20K
YOY -25.8%
PHOTO Minnesota

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Minnesota (4.3%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Kentucky is 13th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Minnesota →

Labor market health score

C+

Labor market health score

60/100

Kentucky, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate B+ 4.3%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate C- 3.4%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate C- 2.1%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Tight rate band

Kentucky sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Kentucky is 13th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 13th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.3%).

Kentucky among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Kentucky openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Kentucky sits at 13th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Kentucky openings fell 25.8% year over year

Monthly job openings in Kentucky from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.3%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Kentucky sits: Tight but cautious

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Kentucky's own openings rate is 4.3% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.1% against a 2.2% average.