Iowa County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Iowa County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Iowa County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.5% the month before
13,749
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
23,832
people in Iowa County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,372
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Iowa County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Iowa 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 Iowa County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Rock

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Iowa 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 Wisconsin’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.