Poweshiek County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Poweshiek County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Poweshiek County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.4% the month before
9,419
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
18,582
people in Poweshiek County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,837
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Poweshiek County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek 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.

Grinnell College4 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
Sparrow Company1 open role
TEKsystems1 open role

Colleges in Poweshiek County

Colleges in Poweshiek County
College	City	Type	Students
Grinnell College	Grinnell	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County

Grinnell8 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.