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Lee County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lee County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lee County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 14,460

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 33,175

    people in Lee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $59,803

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lee 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 Lee 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. Conagra Brands2 open roles
  2. Freeport-McMoRan1 open role
  3. General Atomics1 open role
  4. Rivalia Chemical1 open role
  5. Virnig Manufacturing1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Lee County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Lee 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.