West Des Moines, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
West Des Moines layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving West Des Moines. 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
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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.