Cedar Rapids, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Principle System Administrator (Onsite) (PWE)Raytheon
- Accounts Payable Specialist & TimelyVan Meter
- Talent Sourcing & Recruiting CoordinatorVan Meter
- Operations Supervisor - HaulingRepublic Services
- Account Manager | Retirement Plan AdministratorCbiz MAG
- Safety ManagerIES Holdings
- Project Manager - low voltage - Data Center 100% TravelerIES Holdings
- Quality Assurance Specialist - Data Center Low Voltage 100% TravelingIES Holdings
- Project Coordinator - Data CenterIES Holdings
- Onsite Construction Administration Project Manager - Data CentersOlsson
Employers hiring most in Cedar Rapids
- RTX83 open roles
- Transamerica54 open roles
- BAE Systems50 open roles
- Raytheon19 open roles
- Loenbro10 open roles
- QTS Data Centers8 open roles
- Suffolk Construction Company8 open roles
- Alliant Energy7 open roles
- Butler6 open roles
- GPAC6 open roles
Cedar Rapids layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Coe College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Mount Mercy University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cedar Rapids. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- East Central Iowa LWDA
Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Washington
IowaWORKS Center - Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids · Comprehensive · 319-365-9474
8:00 to 4:30 Mon., Tues., Thurs and Fri; 9am to 4:30pm Wed.
Linn County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
120,521
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
229,463
people in Linn County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,421
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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.