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West Burlington, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

West Burlington is in Des Moines County.

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West Burlington layoffs

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

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Workforce development and job centers

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

  • IowaWORKS Center - Burlington

    West Burlington · Comprehensive · 319-753-1671

    8:30am- 4:30pm M, Tu, Thur, Fri; Wed 9am - 4:30pm

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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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.