Carroll County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carroll County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Carroll County economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.5% the month before
11,009
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,677
people in Carroll County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,528
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carroll County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carroll County 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

Employers hiring most in Carroll County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area
Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, Wright

Cities in Carroll County

Coon Rapids3 jobs

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Carroll County?

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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.