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O'Brien County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

O'Brien County’s unemployment rate is 2.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

O'Brien County economy

  • 2.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.8% the month before

  • 7,786

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 14,103

    people in O'Brien County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,216

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

O'Brien County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming O'Brien 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 O'Brien 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. Amy Cell1 open role
  2. Food Management Search1 open role
  3. Indotronix International1 open role
  4. Pepsico1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area

    Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, Wright

Cities in O'Brien County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in O'Brien 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.