Des Moines, WA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Des Moines

• Mortgage Loan OfficerKeyBank National Association
• Electronics EngineerLeidos
• Management and Financial Analyst (FV-J)Federal Aviation Administration

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Employers hiring most in Des Moines

1. Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
2. KeyBank National Association1 open role
3. Leidos1 open role

Des Moines layoffs

No layoff notices naming Des Moines 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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King 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.8%, unchanged from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+11,084 jobs), hotels & food (+8,764 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−15,882 jobs), professional & technical (−10,716 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Weekly papers in south King County are consolidating. History shows layoff may come nextKUOW · Nov 5, 2026
• Amazon filing details 95 Washington layoffs through JanuaryMyNorthwest · Nov 3, 2026
• Axios live: How employers are rethinking AI's role in entry-level workAxios on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• Blue Origin leases former Bartell Drugs warehouse south of Seattle for new manufacturing siteGeekWire on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
• Starbucks Layoffs: WARN Notice Reveals 135 Job Cuts Across Seattle and SEA AirportLatestLY · Oct 26, 2026
• Starbucks in SEA Airport’s Terminal A to close, affecting 13 employeesKIRO 7 News Seattle on MSN · Oct 24, 2026
• Seattle’s Carbon Robotics cuts jobs across departments, citing economic conditionsKIRO 7 News Seattle on MSN · Oct 21, 2026
• Cleveland’s big lesson for Seattle: A city’s job is to attract peopleGeekWire on MSN · Oct 20, 2026

Learn and get funded in Des Moines

• 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.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County

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King County economy

• 4.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.8% the month before

• 1,373,697

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 2,262,713

  people in King County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $122,148

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 58%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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