Newton, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Newton

• RecruiterMitchell Martin
• Maintenance ManagerTPI Composites
• Process EngineerTPI Composites
• Human Resources GeneralistTPI Composites
• Engineer, QualityTPI Composites
• Production SupervisorTPI Composites
• Automation & Controls EngineerTPI Composites
• Entry-Level Finishing & Packaging SpecialistMittera
• Project ManagerNucor
• Human Resources CoordinatorSparrow Company

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Employers hiring most in Newton

1. TPI Composites6 open roles
2. Love's Travel Stops1 open role
3. Mitchell Martin1 open role
4. Mittera1 open role
5. Nucor1 open role
6. Sparrow Company1 open role
7. Trinity Health1 open role

Newton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Newton 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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Jasper 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 7.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• 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 Newton. 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).

• Central Iowa LWDA

  Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story, Warren

Jasper County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.1% the month before

• 19,217

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 37,864

  people in Jasper County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $70,128

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 36%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS