Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked up to 3.0 percent in September, up from 2.9 percent last month but down from 3.1 percent a year ago.
Iowa’s unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July, while the labor force participation rate rose to 68.8 percent, reaching its pre-pandemic level.
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 2.7 percent in April from 2.8 percent in March while the state’s labor force added 4,300 new workers.
