Ankeny, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Electrical Manufacturing EngineerJohn Deere
- Mechanical Design EngineerGPAC
- Senior Manufacturing Automation EngineerAllozymes
- Director of Regulatory ComplianceExec 1 Aviation
- Procurement ManagerB&G Foods
- UX DesignerISU Research Park
- Supply Planning ManagerB&G Foods
- Customer Success ManagerMom's Meals
- Outside Sales RepresentativeFlow Control Group
- Procore Implementation SpecialistBaker Group
Employers hiring most in Ankeny
- Baker Group3 open roles
- Mom's Meals3 open roles
- B&G Foods2 open roles
- Deere John Capital2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Jobot2 open roles
- Agilent Technologies1 open role
- Allozymes1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust1 open role
Ankeny layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Ankeny in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Ankeny
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ankeny. 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
More cities in Polk County
- Des Moines350 jobs
- Urbandale68 jobs
- Johnston24 jobs
- Clive10 jobs
- Altoona8 jobs
- Bondurant6 jobs
- Pleasant Hill3 jobs
- West Des Moines
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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.