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Nonfarm Employment Summary
Statewide Wage Summaries    
MSA Employment       Historical Nonfarm data

Labor Force Data     
Data revised:  08/15/2008
Next scheduled revision: 09/18/2008
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County Unemployment Rates - Map (PDF)
Iowa Employment Situation
  Jul 08p Jun 08 Jul 07 % Chg OTM % Chg OTY
Place of Residence
Labor Force 1,677,700 1,672,300 1,660,500 0.3% 1.0%
Unemployed 72,500 66,900 62,900 8.4% 15.3%
Employment         1,605,200 1,605,300 1,597,700 0.0% 0.5%
Rate (%) 4.3% 4.0% 3.8% 0.3% 0.5%
Place of Work (Seasonally Adjusted)
  Jul 08p Jun 08 Jul 07 % Chg OTM % Chg OTY
Total Nonfarm 1,524,200 1,523,800 1,517,400 0.0% 0.4%
Mining 2,200 2,200 2,100 0.0% 4.8%
Construction 72,200 72,500 72,300 -0.4% -0.1%
Manufacturing 228,200 228,400 229,500 -0.1% -0.6%
   Durable Goods 140,300 140,300 141,500 0.0% -0.8%
   Nondur. Goods 87,900 88,100 88,000 -0.2% -0.1%
Trade & Transport. 309,400 308,800 308,700 0.2% 0.2%
   Wholesale Trade 68,200 68,100 67,700 0.1% 0.7%
   Retail Trade 178,000 177,600 179,100 0.2% -0.6%
   Transportation 63,200 63,100 61,900 0.2% 2.1%
Information 33,200 33,400 33,400 -0.6% -0.6%
Financial Activities 103,900 103,600 103,100 0.3% 0.8%
   Finance & Insurance 89,800 89,900 89,100 -0.1% 0.8%
Prof. & Bus. Svcs. 120,300 120,700 121,500 -0.3% -1.0%
   Prof, Scientific & Tech Serv 42,300 42,300 41,800 0.0% 1.2%
   Admin & Support 65,000 65,200 65,700 -0.3% -1.1%
Educ. & Health 206,400 205,800 202,300 0.3% 2.0%
   Educ. Services 36,800 36,200 34,900 1.7% 5.4%
   Health Services 169,600 169,600 167,400 0.0% 1.3%
Leisure & Hospitality 138,600 138,700 136,900 -0.1% 1.2%
   Accomm & Food Services 116,900 116,100 116,200 0.7% 0.6%
Other Services 57,900 58,000 57,700 -0.2% 0.3%
Government 251,900 251,700 249,900 0.1% 0.8%
   Federal Govt. 17,800 18,000 18,300 -1.1% -2.7%
   State Govt. 66,000 65,600 65,200 0.6% 1.2%
   Local Govt. 168,100 168,100 166,400 0.0% 1.0%
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