August unemployment rate unchanged from July - Kentucky Today

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary August unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary August 2026 jobless rate was unchanged from July and up 0.2 percentage points from one year ago. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for August 2026 was 4.1 percent, which was unchanged from July and down from the 4.3 percent recorded in August 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Labor force statistics, including the unemployment rate, are based upon estimates from the Current Population Survey of households.