Carroll, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Carroll
- Industrial Facility ManagerEthos
- Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - Primary Care Mental Health Integration (GS-9/11)Veterans Health Administration
- Bitcoin Mining Facility ManagerTop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
Employers hiring most in Carroll
- Ethos1 open role
- Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role
- Veterans Health Administration1 open role
Carroll layoffs
No layoff notices naming Carroll 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.
O'Brien 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.2%, unchanged from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carroll. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Iowa? How to file for unemployment in Iowa (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area
Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, Wright
O'Brien County economy
2.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.2% the month before
7,865
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
14,103
people in O'Brien County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,216
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Iowa unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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