Employment Situation

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Source: Iowa Workforce Development Department
Contact: James Morris at (515) 281-8515
Historical data
Mass Layoff Statistics

Data revised: 11/20/2009
Next scheduled revision: 12/18/2009
Download: Excel Spreadsheet (and Excel Viewer)

Total Nonfarm Employment for Major Areas in Iowa
				Change
	Oct 09(p)	Sep 09	Oct 08	Sep 09 to Oct 09(p)	Oct 08 to Oct 09(p)
Ames	48,800	48,400	49,900	0.8%	-2.2%
Cedar Rapids	138,600	138,100	140,900	0.4%	-1.6%
Des Moines	320,600	319,100	326,200	0.5%	-1.7%
Dubuque	54,600	54,700	56,300	-0.2%	-3.0%
Iowa City	92,600	92,300	92,100	0.3%	0.5%
Sioux City	74,800	75,500	77,000	-0.9%	-2.9%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls	89,400	89,000	92,000	0.4%	-2.8%