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Taylor County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Taylor 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.

Taylor County economy

  • 2.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 3,306

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 5,901

    people in Taylor County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,279

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Taylor County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Taylor 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

Laid off or looking for work in Taylor 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.