Workforce Information for Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Labor market counties are composed of counties which significantly exist within the sixty (60) minute drive range of the originating county’s county seat. A county will be included within the radius if the centroid point of a county (a point representing the center of the geographic area of a county) falls within the drive zone. Additionally, all contiguous counties will be classified as part of the labor market with the exception of non-Kentucky contiguous counties which have been excluded by the above mentioned 60-minute drive range and have a border with the Mississippi and/or Ohio Rivers.
Civilian Labor Force
|
|
Muhlenberg County |
Labor Market Area |
|
|
2017 |
Oct. 2018 |
2017 |
October 2018 |
|
|
Civilian Labor Force |
11,686 |
10,549 |
146,915 |
145,981 |
|
|
Employed |
10,903 |
9,914 |
139,347 |
139,542 |
|
|
Unemployed |
783 |
635 |
7,568 |
6,439 |
|
|
Unemployment Rate (%) |
6.7 |
6.0 |
5.2 |
4.4 |
|
Unemployment Rate (%)
|
Year |
Muhlenberg County |
Labor Market Area |
Kentucky |
U.S. |
|
|
2013 |
9.5 |
8.1 |
8.3 |
7.4 |
|
|
2014 |
7.6 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
6.2 |
|
|
2015 |
7.1 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
|
|
2016 |
7.0 |
5.3 |
5 |
4.9 |
|
|
2017 |
6.7 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
|
Commuting Patterns
|
Residents of Muhlenberg County |
2015 |
Percent |
|
|
Working and Residing In County |
4,786 |
44.5 |
|
|
Commuting Out of County |
5,977 |
55.5 |
|
|
Total Residents |
10,763 |
100.0 |
|
|
Employees in Muhlenberg County |
|
|
Working and Residing In County |
4,786 |
57.5 |
|
|
Commuting Into County |
3,538 |
42.5 |
|
|
Total Employees |
8,324 |
100.0 |
|
Average Weekly Wage, 2017
|
|
Muhlenberg County |
Kentucky (Statewide) |
U.S. |
|
|
Total All Industries |
$793 |
$845 |
$1,042 |
|
|
Total Private Industries |
817 |
865 |
1,064 |
|
|
Natural Resources and Mining |
1,321 |
1,049 |
1,086 |
|
|
Construction |
1,119 |
1,011 |
1,155 |
|
|
Manufacturing |
806 |
1,108 |
1,272 |
|
|
Trade, Transportation and Utilities |
607 |
789 |
881 |
|
|
Information |
594 |
1,044 |
2,011 |
|
|
Financial Activities |
780 |
1,236 |
1,752 |
|
|
Professional and Business Services |
1,035 |
931 |
1,377 |
|
|
Education and Health Services |
942 |
906 |
940 |
|
|
Leisure and Hospitality |
236 |
327 |
441 |
|
|
Other Services and Unclassified |
516 |
626 |
734 |
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