Waterloo, IA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Waterloo

• Chief Financial OfficerVeridian Credit Union
• Assistant Branch Manager - Waterloo, IALincoln Savings Bank
• Specialty Account Manager, Auvelity (Waterloo, IA)Axsome Therapeutics
• Sales & Marketing AssistantFriendship Village Retirement Community
• Cost AccountantCPM Holdings
• Engineering ManagerProfessional Recruiting Consultants
• Manufacturing Engineer IThree Point Solutions
• Operations ManagerEquus
• Engineering ManagerFood Management Search
• Training & Development ManagerFood Management Search

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Employers hiring most in Waterloo

1. Deere5 open roles
2. Conagra Brands4 open roles
3. Tyson Foods4 open roles
4. Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)3 open roles
5. Food Management Search2 open roles
6. Mediacom Communications2 open roles
7. SteveRecruiter2 open roles
8. Axsome Therapeutics1 open role
9. CPM Holdings1 open role
10. Deere John Capital1 open role

Waterloo layoffs

• 4

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 393

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 4

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Waterloo

Black Hawk 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,125 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,527 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−617 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Mason City road closure starts Monday on Frank Lloyd Wright WayKIMT News 3 · Oct 25, 2026

Learn and get funded in Waterloo

• 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 Waterloo. 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).

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Black Hawk County economy

• 3.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 66,263

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 130,693

  people in Black Hawk County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,581

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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