DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.2 percent in October, up from 3.1 percent a year ago. The state’s labor-force participation rate decreased from 68.6 percent to 68.4 percent but remains 0.3 percent higher than one year ago. Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent in October, and the national labor-force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 9, 2023) — Iowa Workforce Development today is announcing a new partnership that will make it easier than ev

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 20, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate ticked up to 3.0 percent in September, up from 2.9 percent last month but down from 3.1 percent a year ago. Meanwhile, Iowa’s labor force participation rate decreased slightly from 68.7 percent to 68.6 percent in September as college students left the workforce to return to school.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2023) — Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) announced the hiring of James Williams EdD as the new Division Administrator for Vocational Rehabilitation Services, effective today. Williams will oversee the state’s vocational-rehabilitation program, which moved to IWD as part of the state’s alignment effort. The move is designed to make it easier for Iowans to access all available workforce services in a single location and working with a single team.