Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2023 was 4.2% according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics Agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.
This is an increase from 4% in 2022.
The number of unemployed Kentuckians for 2023 was 84,269 which is up 2,307 from 81,962 unemployed in 2022.
There were 78,849 fewer individuals unemployed in 2023 than ten years ago.
The U.S. annual unemployment rate was 3.6% in 2023, unchanged from 2022.