Altoona, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Altoona

• Purchasing ManagerSummit Products | Black River by Summit
• Project ManagerPanasonic Energy North America
• Pharmacy Operations ManagerPhenom People
• Procurement ManagerSummit Products
• RecruiterD1 Training
• Merchandising SpecialistO'Reilly Auto Parts
• RecruiterDayton Freight Lines
• Operations SupervisorDayton Freight Lines
• Management TraineeDayton Freight Lines

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Employers hiring most in Altoona

1. Dayton Freight Lines3 open roles
2. D1 Training1 open role
3. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
4. Panasonic Energy North America1 open role
5. Phenom People1 open role
6. Summit Products1 open role
7. Summit Products | Black River by Summit1 open role

Altoona layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 99

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

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Conferences in Altoona

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Altoona. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

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Polk County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, unchanged from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,323 jobs), hotels & food (+1,394 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−924 jobs), information (−334 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Altoona. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Wells Fargo Cuts 86 Jobs at West Des Moines Campus, Its Biggest Layoff in YearsHoodline · Oct 30, 2026
• Wells Fargo announces single largest mass layoff in at least 5 yearsWHO13 on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• Wells Fargo announces largest layoff in 5 years at West Des Moines officeThe Quad-City Times · Oct 29, 2026
• Overnight closures on westbound I-80 in West Des MoinesThe Dispatch–Argus · Oct 29, 2026
• Iowa WARN notice says 229 employees will be laid off from UnityPoint HealthWe Are Iowa · Oct 28, 2026
• Wells Fargo adds to Jordan Creek layoffsQuad-City Times · Oct 3, 2026

Learn and get funded in Altoona

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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Altoona. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Polk County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 282,996

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 497,441

  people in Polk County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $81,621

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 45%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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