Iowa establishments added 4,600 jobs in November, bringing total nonfarm employment to 1,599,800. This growth is notable compared to the previous 10-year average October-to-November change of a loss ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A new report from Iowa Workforce Development found Iowa lost around 7,400 jobs over the last year. According to the report, unemployment has risen from 2.7% to 3.3% from 2024 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa businesses shed 2,700 jobs in June, lowering total nonfarm employment to 1,590,700, according to ...

Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the state unemployment rate increased again slightly in May as more people starting looking for a job. “If they’re not employed when they rejoin, ...

The labor force participation rate remained steady at 67.5%.

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

Mar. 19—The IowaWORKS Mobile Workforce Center — which was unveiled last year by the governor and Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), and was subsequently deployed to Perry when its Tyson plant closed — ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- The number of unemployed Iowans rose over the past month, according to the new monthly jobs report from Iowa Workforce Development. New hires ...

DES MOINES — After being in place for decades, the state’s unemployment system website is getting a significant upgrade after Iowa Workforce Development announced it will replace it with a new, ...

Iowa’s unemployment rate in November was 3.5%. That’s a two-tenths of a percent drop from September, the last month data is available due to the federal government shutdown this fall. Iowa Workforce ...

Iowa businesses shed 2,700 jobs in June, lowering total nonfarm employment to 1,590,700, according to Iowa Workforce Development. At the same time, Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose ...