Iowa Unemployment Rate Unchanged in July

Iowa unemployment rate unchanged in July

Iowa’s numbers are out for July and Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says things held steady.  “Unemployment remained at 3.7% and our labor force participation also remained the same in July at 67.4%,” she says. Townsend says there are positives when you look deeper into the numbers. “This was the first month we hadn’t […]

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Holds at 3.7 Percent in July

DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in July. Iowa’s jobless rate was 3.1 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 4.2 percent in July.

Unemployment rises in Iowa as 64,900 remain jobless, despite workforce growth

Iowa's July unemployment rate was lower than the national average.Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in July. Iowa’s jobles

Iowa’s jobless rate remains unchanged at 3.7%

Iowa employers added 300 jobs in July, the first increase since April, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. Job gains were in the education and health services private sector, with 6,000 jobs added, and construction, with 4,700 jobs added. However, since January, Iowa employers have shed 4,400 jobs, lowering Iowa’s total nonfarm employment to…

Unemployment rate holds steady as job gains offset by loses

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s numbers are out for July and Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says things held steady.  “Unemployment remained at three-point-seven percent (3.7%) and our labor force participation also remained the same in July at 67-point four percent (67.4%),” she says. Townsend says there are positives when you look deeper into the numbers. “This was the first month we hadn’t seen an increase in unemployment for a few m…