Pottawattamie County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pottawattamie County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 47,649

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 93,407

  people in Pottawattamie County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $71,446

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 35%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pottawattamie 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 6.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+453 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+448 jobs)

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Pottawattamie County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Pottawattamie 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.

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Employers hiring most in Pottawattamie 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.

1. Conagra Brands3 open roles
2. gpac3 open roles
3. JE Dunn Construction3 open roles
4. Associate Staffing2 open roles
5. Dayton Freight Lines2 open roles
6. Google2 open roles
7. GXO Logistics2 open roles
8. Iowa Legal Aid2 open roles
9. Soliant Health2 open roles
10. Acadia Healthcare1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pottawattamie County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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