Altoona, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Altoona
- Pharmacy Operations ManagerPhenom People
- Entry Level RecruiterGPAC
- Project ManagerPanasonic Energy North America
- Data Center Logistics Specialist IIIDHL
- General Manager II - DistributionDHL
- HR ManagerDHL
- Program CoordinatorBalance Autism
- Merchandising SpecialistO'Reilly Auto Parts
- Sales Manager (Part Time)Carters
Employers hiring most in Altoona
- DHL3 open roles
- Balance Autism1 open role
- Carters1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
- Panasonic Energy North America1 open role
- Phenom People1 open role
Altoona layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Altoona in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Altoona. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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Polk County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
286,517
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
497,441
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,621
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.