Grinnell, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Grinnell

• Maintenance Manager CONFIDENTIALSparrow Company
• Clinical Manager - Mental HealthSimiTree Talent Solutions
• Assistant/ Sr. Assistant Director of Admission & Coordinator for Campus VisitsGrinnell College
• Assistant Director of Annual GivingGrinnell College
• Director of Donor RelationsGrinnell College
• Assistant/Associate Director of Student InvolvementGrinnell College

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Employers hiring most in Grinnell

1. Grinnell College4 open roles
2. SimiTree Talent Solutions1 open role
3. Sparrow Company1 open role

Grinnell layoffs

No layoff notices naming Grinnell 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 Grinnell

Poweshiek 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.6%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−318 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Indian Hills discusses possible impact and help amid John Deere closureKYOU-TV on MSN · Nov 6, 2026
• Deere announces plans to close two Iowa plants in warning shot ahead of 2027 UAW contract fightWorld Socialist Web Site · Nov 5, 2026
• What John Deere’s planned closure could mean for OttumwaKCCI Des Moines on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
• Deere Plans to Close Ottumwa Works, Up to 400 Iowa Jobs at StakeHoodline · Nov 4, 2026
• John Deere hiring 400 workers, recalling 275 more at Iowa, Midwest facilitiesWQAD on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• Zach Nunn and Medicaid cuts: Iowa clinics close in the 3rd DistrictHeartland Signal · Oct 25, 2026

Learn and get funded in Grinnell

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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 Grinnell. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• South Central Iowa LWDA

  Appanoose, Davis, Hardin, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Marshall, Monroe, Poweshiek, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne

Poweshiek County economy

• 2.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.7% the month before

• 10,189

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 18,582

  people in Poweshiek County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,837

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS