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Marion County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Marion County’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 14 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Marion County economy

  • 2.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 18,903

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 33,551

    people in Marion County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $78,059

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Marion County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Marion 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 Marion 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. Pella11 open roles
  2. GPAC3 open roles
  3. Orchestrate Hospitality1 open role
  4. Vermeer1 open role
  5. Weiler1 open role

Colleges in Marion County

Colleges in Marion County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Central CollegePellaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Marion County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Marion 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.