Des Moines, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Des Moines
- Management and Program AnalystDepartment of Transportation
- Lead Aeronautical Information Specialist (FV-J)Federal Aviation Administration
- Electronics EngineerLeidos
- Financial AnalystAllSTEM Connections
- Mortgage Loan OfficerKeyBank
Employers hiring most in Des Moines
- AllSTEM Connections1 open role
- Department of Transportation1 open role
- Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
- KeyBank1 open role
- Leidos1 open role
Des Moines layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Des Moines in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Des Moines. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
King County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
1,352,310
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,262,713
people in King County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$122,148
median household income
Source: Census ACS
58%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Washington’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.