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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa was 2,122,389 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs2,122,389
Change on 2024+0.1%
Rank32nd of 51US states ranked
Series high2,122,3892025
Series low1,289,3071969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa, 1969 to 2025

1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2M19691978198719962005201420251969: 1,289,307 jobs1970: 1,294,601 jobs1971: 1,297,368 jobs1972: 1,316,204 jobs1973: 1,374,443 jobs1974: 1,406,738 jobs1975: 1,406,934 jobs1976: 1,454,869 jobs1977: 1,487,748 jobs1978: 1,512,816 jobs1979: 1,553,843 jobs1980: 1,536,822 jobs1981: 1,507,346 jobs1982: 1,470,793 jobs1983: 1,474,129 jobs1984: 1,499,477 jobs1985: 1,495,071 jobs1986: 1,493,527 jobs1987: 1,514,302 jobs1988: 1,556,965 jobs1989: 1,600,251 jobs1990: 1,634,995 jobs1991: 1,654,110 jobs1992: 1,669,175 jobs1993: 1,691,565 jobs1994: 1,724,805 jobs1995: 1,784,926 jobs1996: 1,815,405 jobs1997: 1,841,110 jobs1998: 1,877,486 jobs1999: 1,896,080 jobs2000: 1,915,254 jobs2001: 1,902,198 jobs2002: 1,879,738 jobs2003: 1,873,351 jobs2004: 1,902,252 jobs2005: 1,933,944 jobs2006: 1,965,800 jobs2007: 1,994,003 jobs2008: 1,997,583 jobs2009: 1,959,120 jobs2010: 1,950,434 jobs2011: 1,975,941 jobs2012: 1,993,406 jobs2013: 2,019,852 jobs2014: 2,039,785 jobs2015: 2,061,324 jobs2016: 2,068,780 jobs2017: 2,064,579 jobs2018: 2,081,080 jobs2019: 2,077,256 jobs2020: 2,019,272 jobs2021: 2,066,254 jobs2022: 2,105,360 jobs2023: 2,117,924 jobs2024: 2,120,072 jobs2025: 2,122,389 jobs1.25M1.5M1.75M2M2.25M19691988200720251969: 1,289,307 jobs1970: 1,294,601 jobs1971: 1,297,368 jobs1972: 1,316,204 jobs1973: 1,374,443 jobs1974: 1,406,738 jobs1975: 1,406,934 jobs1976: 1,454,869 jobs1977: 1,487,748 jobs1978: 1,512,816 jobs1979: 1,553,843 jobs1980: 1,536,822 jobs1981: 1,507,346 jobs1982: 1,470,793 jobs1983: 1,474,129 jobs1984: 1,499,477 jobs1985: 1,495,071 jobs1986: 1,493,527 jobs1987: 1,514,302 jobs1988: 1,556,965 jobs1989: 1,600,251 jobs1990: 1,634,995 jobs1991: 1,654,110 jobs1992: 1,669,175 jobs1993: 1,691,565 jobs1994: 1,724,805 jobs1995: 1,784,926 jobs1996: 1,815,405 jobs1997: 1,841,110 jobs1998: 1,877,486 jobs1999: 1,896,080 jobs2000: 1,915,254 jobs2001: 1,902,198 jobs2002: 1,879,738 jobs2003: 1,873,351 jobs2004: 1,902,252 jobs2005: 1,933,944 jobs2006: 1,965,800 jobs2007: 1,994,003 jobs2008: 1,997,583 jobs2009: 1,959,120 jobs2010: 1,950,434 jobs2011: 1,975,941 jobs2012: 1,993,406 jobs2013: 2,019,852 jobs2014: 2,039,785 jobs2015: 2,061,324 jobs2016: 2,068,780 jobs2017: 2,064,579 jobs2018: 2,081,080 jobs2019: 2,077,256 jobs2020: 2,019,272 jobs2021: 2,066,254 jobs2022: 2,105,360 jobs2023: 2,117,924 jobs2024: 2,120,072 jobs2025: 2,122,389 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20252,122,389
20242,120,072
20232,117,924
20222,105,360
20212,066,254
20202,019,272
20192,077,256
20182,081,080
20172,064,579
20162,068,780
20152,061,324
20142,039,785
20132,019,852
20121,993,406
20111,975,941
20101,950,434
20091,959,120
20081,997,583
20071,994,003
20061,965,800
20051,933,944
20041,902,252
20031,873,351
20021,879,738
20011,902,198
20001,915,254
19991,896,080
19981,877,486
19971,841,110
19961,815,405
19951,784,926
19941,724,805
19931,691,565
19921,669,175
19911,654,110
19901,634,995
19891,600,251
19881,556,965
19871,514,302
19861,493,527
19851,495,071
19841,499,477
19831,474,129
19821,470,793
19811,507,346
19801,536,822
19791,553,843
19781,512,816
19771,487,748
19761,454,869
19751,406,934
19741,406,738
19731,374,443
19721,316,204
19711,297,368
19701,294,601
19691,289,307

Compared with United States

Place2025
Iowa2,122,389
United States218,324,700

Iowa compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
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  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Iowa is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Iowa, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Iowa, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Iowa, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/iowa.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Iowa, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{bureau_total_employment_jobs_bea_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis}},
  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Iowa, 1969 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/iowa. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa was 2,122,389 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.1% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa?

2,122,389 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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