Bremer County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bremer County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bremer County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
12,753
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,118
people in Bremer County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,343
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bremer County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bremer County 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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Colleges in Bremer County

Colleges in Bremer County
College	City	Type	Students
Wartburg College	Waverly	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Cities in Bremer County

Waverly1 jobs

Other Iowa counties

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.