Data / Covered employment (QCEW) / Iowa

Covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa

Covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa was 1,558,465 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs1,558,465
Change on 2024-0.3%
Rank32nd of 51US states ranked
Series high1,562,5612024
Series low1,404,3772003

Next release: Saturday, 21 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa, 2001 to 2025

1.4M1.45M1.5M1.55M1.6M20012005200920132017202120252001: 1,429,543 jobs2002: 1,412,203 jobs2003: 1,404,377 jobs2004: 1,422,454 jobs2005: 1,446,568 jobs2006: 1,470,742 jobs2007: 1,485,627 jobs2008: 1,490,575 jobs2009: 1,445,627 jobs2010: 1,436,340 jobs2011: 1,452,769 jobs2012: 1,475,884 jobs2013: 1,496,426 jobs2014: 1,515,822 jobs2015: 1,530,234 jobs2016: 1,539,752 jobs2017: 1,540,435 jobs2018: 1,549,958 jobs2019: 1,553,350 jobs2020: 1,475,704 jobs2021: 1,505,989 jobs2022: 1,536,997 jobs2023: 1,556,484 jobs2024: 1,562,561 jobs2025: 1,558,465 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
20251,558,465
20241,562,561
20231,556,484
20221,536,997
20211,505,989
20201,475,704
20191,553,350
20181,549,958
20171,540,435
20161,539,752
20151,530,234
20141,515,822
20131,496,426
20121,475,884
20111,452,769
20101,436,340
20091,445,627
20081,490,575
20071,485,627
20061,470,742
20051,446,568
20041,422,454
20031,404,377
20021,412,203
20011,429,543

Compared with United States

Place2025
Iowa1,558,465
United States155,732,363

Rankings

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_covered_employment_qcew_iowa_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Covered employment (QCEW), Iowa, 2001 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/21
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/iowa.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"covered_employment","place":"us-state-19"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=covered_employment&place=us-state-19

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa was 1,558,465 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Iowa?

1,562,561 jobs in 2024, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

Covered employment (QCEW) elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Iowa

All statistics for Iowa | Iowa in figures