West Des Moines, IA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meWest Des Moines layoffs
20
Layoff notices, last 12 months
689
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 86 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 2 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 10 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 35 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 5 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 14 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 7 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| UnityPoint Health | Polk County | 229 | Mass Layoff | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 20 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 20 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 43 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 1 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 29 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 10 | Amendment - Additional Employees | State record | |
| Wells Fargo | Polk County | 25 | Amendment- Additional Employees | State record |
Colleges in West Des Moines
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Polk 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 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,323 jobs), hotels & food (+1,394 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−924 jobs), information (−334 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in West Des Moines. 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
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Polk County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
282,996
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
497,441
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,621
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
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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