IOWA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NOVEMBER WAS THREE-AND-A-HALF PERCENT. THAT’S A TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT DROP FROM SEPTEMBER — THE LAST MONTH DATA IS AVAILABLE DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN THE FALL.
IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BETH TOWNSEND SAYS THE NUMBER OF IOWANS IN THE WORKFORCE WAS BASICALLY THE SAME IN NOVEMBER COMPARED TO SEPTEMBER.
UNEMP4 OC………REALLY GOOD SIGN.” :07
THE GOVERNMENT’S ESTIMATE INDICATES 67-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OF IOWANS ABOVE THE AGE OF 14 WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK HAD A JOB IN NOVEMBER.
THAT REMAINS BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
TOWNSEND SAYS THERE’S NO IOWA-SPECIFIC DATA, BUT NATIONAL REPORTS INDICATE WOMEN ARE WORKING AT ABOUT THE SAME RATE NOW AS THEY DID IN EARLY 2020.
UNEMP5 OC…….A NATIONAL TREND.” :18
IN TOTAL, ABOUT 27-THOUSAND MORE PEOPLE WERE WORKING IN IOWA IN NOVEMBER COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH IN 2024.
UNEMP6 OC…….AND BUSINESS SERVICES.” ;11
HOWEVER, ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND MORE IOWANS WERE UNEMPLOYED THIS PAST NOVEMBER COMPARED TO NOVEMBER OF 2024.
UNEMP7 OC……….AND MANUFACTURING.” :06
NEARLY ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION IOWANS WERE WORKING IN NON-FARM JOBS IN NOVEMBER.
IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT’S REPORT INDICATES THERE WERE ABOUT 74-HUNDRED MORE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS IN NOVEMBER COMPARED TO NOVEMBER OF 2024.
