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Covered employment (QCEW) in Washington County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Washington County was 8,780 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.6% from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 99 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs8,780
Change on 2024+2.6%
Rank31st of 99Counties in Iowa ranked
Series high8,7802025
Series low7,0352005

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Washington County, 2001 to 2025

7,0007,5008,0008,5009,00020012005200920132017202120252001: 7,154 jobs2002: 7,280 jobs2003: 7,169 jobs2004: 7,045 jobs2005: 7,035 jobs2006: 7,602 jobs2007: 8,037 jobs2008: 7,947 jobs2009: 7,806 jobs2010: 7,812 jobs2011: 7,928 jobs2012: 8,225 jobs2013: 8,314 jobs2014: 8,368 jobs2015: 8,293 jobs2016: 8,252 jobs2017: 8,263 jobs2018: 8,206 jobs2019: 8,273 jobs2020: 7,970 jobs2021: 8,071 jobs2022: 8,288 jobs2023: 8,324 jobs2024: 8,558 jobs2025: 8,780 jobs7,0007,5008,0008,5009,0002001201020252001: 7,154 jobs2002: 7,280 jobs2003: 7,169 jobs2004: 7,045 jobs2005: 7,035 jobs2006: 7,602 jobs2007: 8,037 jobs2008: 7,947 jobs2009: 7,806 jobs2010: 7,812 jobs2011: 7,928 jobs2012: 8,225 jobs2013: 8,314 jobs2014: 8,368 jobs2015: 8,293 jobs2016: 8,252 jobs2017: 8,263 jobs2018: 8,206 jobs2019: 8,273 jobs2020: 7,970 jobs2021: 8,071 jobs2022: 8,288 jobs2023: 8,324 jobs2024: 8,558 jobs2025: 8,780 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
20258,780
20248,558
20238,324
20228,288
20218,071
20207,970
20198,273
20188,206
20178,263
20168,252
20158,293
20148,368
20138,314
20128,225
20117,928
20107,812
20097,806
20087,947
20078,037
20067,602
20057,035
20047,045
20037,169
20027,280
20017,154

Compared with Iowa and United States

Place2025
Washington County8,780
Iowa1,558,465
United States155,732,363

Washington County compared with nearby places

Adair County: 3,350 jobsAdams County: 1,168 jobsAllamakee County: 4,802 jobsAppanoose County: 4,522 jobsAudubon County: 1,797 jobsBenton County: 6,040 jobsBlack Hawk County: 70,713 jobsBoone County: 8,838 jobsBremer County: 9,525 jobsBuchanan County: 6,767 jobsBuena Vista County: 10,291 jobsButler County: 3,676 jobsCalhoun County: 2,741 jobsCarroll County: 10,938 jobsCass County: 5,700 jobsCedar County: 5,205 jobsCerro Gordo County: 23,463 jobsCherokee County: 4,908 jobsChickasaw County: 5,150 jobsClarke County: 4,770 jobsClay County: 8,536 jobsClayton County: 6,171 jobsClinton County: 18,870 jobsCrawford County: 6,449 jobsDallas County: 56,432 jobsDavis County: 1,981 jobsDecatur County: 2,312 jobsDelaware County: 6,886 jobsDes Moines County: 20,080 jobsDickinson County: 9,794 jobsDubuque County: 57,730 jobsEmmet County: 3,306 jobsFayette County: 6,976 jobsFloyd County: 5,573 jobsFranklin County: 3,877 jobsFremont County: 2,168 jobsGreene County: 3,139 jobsGrundy County: 4,081 jobsGuthrie County: 3,205 jobsHamilton County: 5,703 jobsHancock County: 5,761 jobsHardin County: 6,553 jobsHarrison County: 4,087 jobsHenry County: 8,140 jobsHoward County: 4,358 jobsHumboldt County: 3,713 jobsIda County: 3,654 jobsIowa County: 8,382 jobsJackson County: 5,754 jobsJasper County: 10,688 jobsJefferson County: 7,058 jobsJohnson County: 85,623 jobsJones County: 6,279 jobsKeokuk County: 2,280 jobsKossuth County: 6,481 jobsLee County: 13,598 jobsLinn County: 125,508 jobsLouisa County: 3,697 jobsLucas County: 3,177 jobsLyon County: 4,951 jobsMadison County: 4,194 jobsMahaska County: 8,096 jobsMarion County: 19,508 jobsMarshall County: 15,942 jobsMills County: 3,133 jobsMitchell County: 3,871 jobsMonona County: 2,556 jobsMonroe County: 3,569 jobsMontgomery County: 4,004 jobsMuscatine County: 20,987 jobsO'Brien County: 6,559 jobsOsceola County: 2,641 jobsPage County: 6,243 jobsPalo Alto County: 3,659 jobsPlymouth County: 11,642 jobsPocahontas County: 2,525 jobsPolk County: 314,942 jobsPottawattamie County: 41,804 jobsPoweshiek County: 9,222 jobsRinggold County: 1,393 jobsSac County: 2,954 jobsScott County: 92,986 jobsShelby County: 5,531 jobsSioux County: 23,005 jobsStory County: 47,004 jobsTama County: 5,391 jobsTaylor County: 2,060 jobsUnion County: 5,822 jobsVan Buren County: 1,928 jobsWapello County: 15,248 jobsWarren County: 13,611 jobsWashington County: 8,780 jobsWayne County: 2,023 jobsWebster County: 17,328 jobsWinnebago County: 3,865 jobsWinneshiek County: 10,515 jobsWoodbury County: 50,924 jobsWorth County: 2,284 jobsWright County: 6,325 jobs
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  • 8,000 to 17K
  • 17K and over
Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. Washington County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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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.

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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), Washington County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Washington County, 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/washington-county-iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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), Washington County, 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/washington-county-iowa.

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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), Washington County, 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/washington-county-iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Washington County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Washington County was 8,780 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.6% from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 99 counties in 2025.

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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 Washington County?

8,780 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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