Ames, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Ames

• Assistant General ManagerChipotle Mexican Grill
• Junior Electrical EngineerJobot
• Senior Research ScientistCPS
• TRIO Pre-College Programs DirectorIowa State University
• Quality Assurance ManagerEnergy Innovation: Policy and Technology
• Product Marketing ManagerIsupark
• Pharmacy DirectorPrimary Health Care
• Portfolio Manager - HydrostaticsDanfoss
• Pharmacy Ops Manager - No Nights or Sundays | BenefitsOneroRx
• Pharmacy Operations ManagerGrx Holdings

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Employers hiring most in Ames

1. Iowa State University7 open roles
2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service3 open roles
3. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
4. Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
5. CPS1 open role
6. Danfoss1 open role
7. Growmark1 open role
8. Grx Holdings1 open role
9. Isupark1 open role
10. Jobot1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Ames

• Workiva1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Ames layoffs

No layoff notices naming Ames in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Ames

Conferences in Ames

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

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Story County outlook: Cooling

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

• Private-sector jobs down 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+562 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Ames. 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 Ames

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Story County economy

• 3.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.7% the month before

• 57,132

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 98,592

  people in Story County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $69,006

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 47%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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