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Mahaska County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mahaska County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Mahaska County economy

  • 2.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.8% the month before

  • 12,361

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 22,045

    people in Mahaska County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,019

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mahaska County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mahaska 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 Mahaska 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. GPAC4 open roles
  2. Forest Recruiting Group aka Affiliated Recruiters Network1 open role
  3. TOP DOG1 open role

Colleges in Mahaska County

Colleges in Mahaska County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
William Penn UniversityOskaloosaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • South Central Iowa LWDA

    Appanoose, Davis, Hardin, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Marshall, Monroe, Poweshiek, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne

Cities in Mahaska County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

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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.