Burlington, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Burlington
- Operations Supervisor OvernightShearer's Snacks
- Operations CoordinatorShearer's Snacks
- Credit Analystgpac
Employers hiring most in Burlington
- Shearer's Snacks2 open roles
- gpac1 open role
Burlington layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Burlington 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 Burlington. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Board
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Des Moines County economy
5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
19,061
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,597
people in Des Moines County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,662
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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.