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Palo Alto County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Palo Alto County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 15 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Palo Alto County economy

  • 2.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.7% the month before

  • 4,942

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,902

    people in Palo Alto County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,963

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Palo Alto County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto 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. GPAC2 open roles
  2. CSAA1 open role
  3. DataAnnotation1 open role
  4. Energy Panel Structures Inc Careers1 open role
  5. First Interstate Bank1 open role
  6. Greene Resources1 open role
  7. Helix Electric1 open role
  8. Knowme1 open role
  9. Komatsu1 open role
  10. MGA Home Healthcare North Carolina1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Palo Alto 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.