FRANKFORT (01/08/26) — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted November 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Kentucky Center for Statistics. That was unchanged from September, and down 0.7 percent from a year ago. October figures were not available as a result of the government shutdown last fall. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for November 2025 was 4.6 percent, which was up from the 4.4 percent reported for September 2025 and the 4.2 percent recorded in November 2024, according to the Department of Labor.
