Kentucky: Disability Employment Statistics
Kentucky By the Numbers
Population and Employment Statistics1
Working Age Population with a Disability (18-64): 417,808
- Percentage that did not work by Disability Type
Cognitive | 67.9% |
Hearing | 50.4% |
Ambulatory | 74.6% |
Visual | 57% |

60.9%
Percentage of working age people with disabilities that do not have jobs.
SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Network By the Numbers2
6 nonprofit agencies headquartered in Kentucky participated in the program as SourceAmerica/AbilityOne Authorized Providers.

287 Individuals with Significant Disabilities Employed, including 9 Veterans

$11.60/hr
Average AbilityOne Employee Wage

$21.7 million
Total AbilityOne Sales
1 Data from 2019 American Community Survey
2 Fiscal Year 2022 data proprietary to SourceAmerica®
SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies Headquartered in Kentucky
- Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Inc.
- Opportunity Workshop of Lexington, Incorporated
- Pennyroyal Center
- Pioneer Vocational Industrial Services, Inc.
- Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries, Inc.
- Zoom Group
Other Nonprofit Agencies with AbilityOne Contracts in Kentucky
- Bluegrass Estate Services
- Employment Source
- Global Connections to Employment
- Great Plains Enterprises
- Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
- InspiriTec
- Prestera Center
- Pride Industries
- Professional Contract Services
- Progressive Directions
- The Ginn Group
- Trace, Inc.