Iowa · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Iowa

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Iowa, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Iowa had about 1,558,500 people on their payrolls across roughly 110,674 establishments, with average annual pay of $63,460.

Total employment in Iowa grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Iowa are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

1,558,500Employment, 2025
110,674Establishments
$63,460Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Iowa	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	21,133	1.4%	1.71	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	2,158	0.1%	0.38	pub.
23	Construction	86,623	5.6%	1.03	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	216,476	13.9%	1.71	est. · 1.00
22	Utilities	7,291	0.5%	0.83	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	66,612	4.3%	1.10	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	172,828	11.1%	1.12	est. · 1.00
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	72,485	4.7%	0.95	pub.
51	Information	18,068	1.2%	0.60	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	90,897	5.8%	1.43	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14,621	0.9%	0.60	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	58,465	3.8%	0.54	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	26,180	1.7%	1.00	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	61,005	3.9%	0.67	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	149,094	9.6%	1.12	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	236,403	15.2%	0.94	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	22,525	1.5%	0.74	est. · 0.99
72	Accommodation and Food Services	123,668	7.9%	0.87	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	41,470	2.7%	0.88	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	70,449	4.5%	0.89	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	1,558,451	110,674	$63,455	0.3%	pub.
2024	1,562,561	111,801	$61,347	0.4%	pub.
2023	1,556,484	111,045	$59,363	1.3%	pub.
2022	1,536,997	110,664	$57,377	2.1%	pub.
2021	1,505,989	106,731	$54,293	2.1%	pub.
2020	1,475,703	105,097	$52,333	5.0%	pub.
2019	1,553,351	104,258	$48,672	0.2%	pub.
2018	1,549,958	102,889	$47,511	0.6%	pub.
2017	1,540,435	101,609	$46,074	0.0%	pub.
2016	1,539,752	101,159	$44,910	0.6%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Iowa	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	99,005	6.3%	0.90
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	90,724	5.8%	0.87
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	39,146	2.5%	0.75
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	22,279	1.4%	0.86
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	14,648	0.9%	1.00
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	22,983	1.5%	0.87
23-0000	Legal occupations	8,083	0.5%	0.62
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	107,679	6.9%	1.18
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	18,780	1.2%	0.91
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	93,430	6.0%	0.95
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	64,909	4.2%	0.82
33-0000	Protective service occupations	23,682	1.5%	0.63
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	132,635	8.5%	0.97
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	46,953	3.0%	1.03
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	30,413	1.9%	0.94
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	137,101	8.8%	1.02
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	171,772	11.0%	0.94
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,421	0.4%	1.23
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	70,891	4.5%	1.10
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	67,943	4.4%	1.12
51-0000	Production occupations	142,959	9.2%	1.65
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	147,018	9.4%	1.07

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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