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Cass County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cass County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cass County economy

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 6,715

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 13,115

    people in Cass County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $61,657

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cass County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cass 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 Cass 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.

  1. Elasticsearch B.V.1 open role
  2. GPAC1 open role
  3. Myers Industries1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cass 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 Cass County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Cass County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.