Marion County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMarion County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.4% the month before
19,031
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,551
people in Marion County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,059
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Marion 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 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.6%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Marion 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 Marion 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.
Marion County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Marion 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.
Employers hiring most in Marion 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.
- Pella13 open roles
- Central College1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- Orchestrate Hospitality1 open role
- Randstad Digital1 open role
Colleges in Marion County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central College | Pella | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Marion 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
Cities in Marion County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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