Iowa Workforce Development says the labor force participation rate rose to 67.7 percent, up from 67.6 percent in November.

New data shows Iowa’s unemployment rate was the same from November to December, but up from a year ago.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds announced new grants Wednesday totaling $2.94 million aimed at boosting Iowa's healthcare workforce, focusing on high-demand jobs. These grants will fund ...

According to the results of a recent survey conducted by Iowa CareGivers and Iowa Workforce Development, roughly one quarter ...

Iowa House Minority Leader Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, fields questions during Iowa PBS' "Iowa Press" at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston, Iowa, on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Iowa PBS screenshot) Buy Photo ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment insurance system is undergoing a significant transformation. The existing system will go offline Tueday and will be replaced with a modernized platform aimed at ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- Help wanted: men. Joe Murphy, executive director of the Iowa Business Council, has been trying to figure out a mystery for a while now.

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

Iowa ended 2025 with more people working and participating in the labor force, even as overall employment dipped slightly at ...