# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Iowa was 2,122,389 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-19`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-19

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2,122,389 |
| 2024 | 2,120,072 |
| 2023 | 2,117,924 |
| 2022 | 2,105,360 |
| 2021 | 2,066,254 |
| 2020 | 2,019,272 |
| 2019 | 2,077,256 |
| 2018 | 2,081,080 |
| 2017 | 2,064,579 |
| 2016 | 2,068,780 |
| 2015 | 2,061,324 |
| 2014 | 2,039,785 |
| 2013 | 2,019,852 |
| 2012 | 1,993,406 |
| 2011 | 1,975,941 |
| 2010 | 1,950,434 |
| 2009 | 1,959,120 |
| 2008 | 1,997,583 |
| 2007 | 1,994,003 |
| 2006 | 1,965,800 |
| 2005 | 1,933,944 |
| 2004 | 1,902,252 |
| 2003 | 1,873,351 |
| 2002 | 1,879,738 |
| 2001 | 1,902,198 |
| 2000 | 1,915,254 |
| 1999 | 1,896,080 |
| 1998 | 1,877,486 |
| 1997 | 1,841,110 |
| 1996 | 1,815,405 |
| 1995 | 1,784,926 |
| 1994 | 1,724,805 |
| 1993 | 1,691,565 |
| 1992 | 1,669,175 |
| 1991 | 1,654,110 |
| 1990 | 1,634,995 |
| 1989 | 1,600,251 |
| 1988 | 1,556,965 |
| 1987 | 1,514,302 |
| 1986 | 1,493,527 |
| 1985 | 1,495,071 |
| 1984 | 1,499,477 |
| 1983 | 1,474,129 |
| 1982 | 1,470,793 |
| 1981 | 1,507,346 |
| 1980 | 1,536,822 |
| 1979 | 1,553,843 |
| 1978 | 1,512,816 |
| 1977 | 1,487,748 |
| 1976 | 1,454,869 |
| 1975 | 1,406,934 |
| 1974 | 1,406,738 |
| 1973 | 1,374,443 |
| 1972 | 1,316,204 |
| 1971 | 1,297,368 |
| 1970 | 1,294,601 |
| 1969 | 1,289,307 |