Franklin County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Franklin County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Franklin County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
4,918
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,977
people in Franklin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,648
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Franklin County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Franklin 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 Franklin 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.

Land o' Lakes1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth

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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.