Muscatine, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Muscatine
- Senior Engineer - Water/WastewaterStanley Consultants
- Construction Cost EstimatorStanley Consultants
- Mechanical Engineer - Facilities DesignStanley Consultants
- Project Manager - WaterStanley Consultants
- Engineer-In-Training 1 - 2027, ElectricalStanley Consultants
- Senior Electrical EngineerStanley Consultants
- Structural Section ManagerStanley Consultants
- Administrative AssistantStanley Consultants
- Payroll AdministratorStanley Consultants
- Principal Substation Physical Engineer / Technical DesignerStanley Consultants
Employers hiring most in Muscatine
- Stanley Consultants11 open roles
- Kraft Heinz Company1 open role
- The Kraft Heinz Company1 open role
Muscatine layoffs
No layoff notices naming Muscatine 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.
Muscatine 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 5.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−366 jobs), admin & staffing (−306 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Muscatine
- 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 Muscatine. 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).
- Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Board
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Muscatine County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
20,223
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,735
people in Muscatine County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,512
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
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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