Iowa layoffs: layoff notices and recent layoff list
The short version
Employers filed 93 layoff notices in Iowa in the last 12 months, naming 3,637 people. The most recent was filed Nov 3, 2026.
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Iowa jobs picture
The latest White Collar Employment Report names only the states with the largest and smallest changes, and Iowa is not among them this month. See Iowa’s figures at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: BLS State Employment and Unemployment, August 2026 (Sep 18, 2026), via the NextChapter White Collar Employment Report. Seasonally adjusted.
Notices in the last 12 months
Iowa layoffs by industry
- Manufacturing & Industrial26 notices · 1,207 people
- Healthcare & Hospital Systems12 notices · 569 people
- Financial Services & Banking21 notices · 469 people
- Transportation & Logistics5 notices · 416 people
- Government & Public Sector1 notice · 192 people
- Automotive & Mobility4 notices · 154 people
- Technology & Software2 notices · 119 people
- Agriculture & Food Production3 notices · 89 people
Iowa layoffs by county and city
Each county and city page shows its layoff notices next to local unemployment, open jobs, the largest employers, colleges, the workforce board and job centers.
Local workforce boards
The public workforce boards serving the areas in these notices. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Central Iowa LWDA
For notices in Polk County
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
East Central Iowa LWDA
For notices in Linn County, Johnson County, Cedar County, Iowa County and more
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Board
For notices in Pollk County, Des Moines County, Clinton County
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area
For notices in Harrision County, Woodbury County, Kossuth County
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Northeast Iowa LWDA
For notices in Black Hawk County, Winnebago County, Buchanan County, Dubuque County and more
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
South Central Iowa LWDA
For notices in Jefferson County, Appanoose County, Keokuk County, Wapello County
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
If you were laid off in Iowa
- Iowa unemployment benefits and severance rules: amounts, weeks and how to file
- What to do after a layoff
- Get new Iowa notices by RSS · all feeds
- Keeping your health coverage: COBRA and the marketplace
- COBRA vs ACA in Iowa: which costs less
- Iowa rapid response: who to call after a layoff notice
- Iowa workforce boards (6)
- American Job Centers in Iowa
- Iowa economic development organizations
- Iowa colleges: retraining and career services
- Layoff deadlines: what to do and by when, from your last day
- Unemployment benefit estimator: about how much you could get
- Severance calculator: what an offer is worth after taxes
Coverage: 93 Iowa notices on file, filed Jan 20, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, collected daily from the state’s published layoff record (workforce.iowa.gov). A state may publish late or leave out worker counts, so this is a floor rather than a count of every layoff. States generally require a notice only from employers with 100 or more workers. See the national tracker for how we collect notices.