Iowa's economy is still soft. While nonfarm jobs dropped for the month, the trends over the last six months and the full year are encouraging..
IPP Statement 7/20/10 NEW!

"We must recognize that public-sector jobs are a critical lifeline for the economy when the private sector cannot deliver. This is not a time to cut back in public-sector jobs."
— IPP Research Associate Noga O'Connor

Note: These are archives of previous Iowa JobWatch summaries by IPP, using data from Iowa Workforce Development. The data for the most recent month typically are revised in the following month. This is one reason that IPP analysts stress longer-term trends and reflections on the numbers, rather than an overemphasis on one-month estimates.
May numbers (HTML) 6/18/10
April numbers (1 page PDF) 5/21/10
March numbers (1 page PDF) 4/16/10
February numbers (1 page PDF) 3/26/10
January numbers (1 page PDF) 3/10/10

This graph offers a look at monthly average nonfarm job changes in Iowa from 1991 to the present.