Muscatine County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Muscatine County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 15 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Muscatine County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
20,279
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,735
people in Muscatine County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,512
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Muscatine County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Muscatine 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 Muscatine 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.

Stanley Consultants9 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
HNI2 open roles
Airgas1 open role
Bayer1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Board
Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott

Cities in Muscatine County

Muscatine15 jobs

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.