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Kentucky Job Growth Remains Slow and Jobs Deficit Substantial

Jason Bailey | November 20, 2012

Between the start of the recession and February 2010, Kentucky lost 118,200 jobs. After several years of job growth, that gap has been trimmed to 35,100. However, ongoing growth in the working age population over those years means that the state’s actual jobs deficit has only partially declined. The gap between Kentucky jobs and the number of jobs the state needs to regain its pre-recession unemployment rate stands at 98,300 at the end of October.

Clearly, the pace of job growth is still too slow. Kentucky needs to add about 3,500 jobs a month for three straight years to get back to pre-recession levels. Instead, the state has added on average 1,700 new jobs a month over the last three months and 1,833 a month over the last six months.

More On Jobs & The Economy: Tracking the Economic Recovery from COVID-19 in Kentucky

Addressing this continued slow job growth through short-term fiscal measures should be a major focus of the budget discussion in Washington. Some ideas are outlined here.

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Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

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