Story County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Story County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 33 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Story County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
53,057
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
98,592
people in Story County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,006
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Story County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Story 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 Story 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.

GPAC3 open roles
gpac2 open roles
Robert Half2 open roles
Sabanto2 open roles
Sigma2 open roles
3M1 open role
AgCertain1 open role
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service1 open role
Compass Group1 open role
CPS1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Story County

Workiva1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Story County

Colleges in Story County
College	City	Type	Students
Iowa State University	Ames	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

Central Iowa LWDA
Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story, Warren

Cities in Story County

Ames31 jobs

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Story County?

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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.