Dallas County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dallas County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dallas County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
65,418
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
104,136
people in Dallas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$102,349
median household income
Source: Census ACS
55%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Dallas County ranks

Where Dallas County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#1Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Midwest44% · of 100
#2Fastest-growing job markets in the Midwest+12.4% · of 100
#5Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors44% · of 100
#7Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Midwest55% · of 100
#19Fastest-growing job markets+12.4% · of 100

Dallas County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 12.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 17.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,258 jobs), retail (+1,173 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,530 jobs), admin & staffing (−392 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Dallas County. 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 Dallas County

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.

Dallas County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dallas County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Dallas County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Placements241 open role

Colleges in Dallas County

Colleges in Dallas County
College	City	Type	Students
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center	West Des Moines	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dallas County. 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

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Iowa unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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