Fort Dodge, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

12 open professional jobs in Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge is in Webster County.

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Jobs in Fort Dodge

Experience ManagerUlta Beauty
Entry Level Remote RecruiterGPAC
Assistant General ManagerChipotle Mexican Grill
Chief Operating Officer (COO)Confidential
Outside Sales RepresentativeHibu
Senior Director, Site Integration & Transformation ExecutionElanco US
Senior Manufacturing/Labs Systems Analyst (IT/OT)Elanco US
Research Scientist - Analytical DevelopmentElanco US
Research Scientist - Process DevelopmentElanco US
Facility AdministratorDavita

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Employers hiring most in Fort Dodge

Elanco US2 open roles
Elanco US2 open roles
Cargill1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Davita1 open role
GPAC1 open role
Hibu1 open role
Mediacom Communications1 open role
Ulta Beauty1 open role

Fort Dodge layoffs

No layoff notices naming Fort Dodge 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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Webster 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 down 1.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.3%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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IowaWORKS Center - Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge · Comprehensive · 515-576-3131
Mon - Tue - Thur- Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm, Wed 9:00am - 4:30pm

Webster County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
17,792
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,848
people in Webster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,054
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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