Forest, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

7 open professional jobs in Forest. Forest is in Winnebago County.

Forest layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Forest in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Forest. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Northeast Iowa LWDA
Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth

Winnebago County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
5,171
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,648
people in Winnebago County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,719
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Forest?

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Sources: 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.