How many job openings are there in Iowa?

Iowa had 57K job openings as of Dec 2025, per the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the federal government's monthly labor-demand series.

How many people were hired in Iowa recently?

Iowa recorded 50K hires in Dec 2025, per BLS JOLTS. The hires figure counts every new addition to the payroll that month, not just net job growth.

What is the quits rate in Iowa?

36K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Iowa during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.3%. Economists treat the quits rate as a proxy for worker confidence in the job market, a rising rate usually means people feel secure enough to move on.

How many layoffs happened in Iowa?

There were 14K layoffs and discharges in Iowa during Dec 2025. This tallies involuntary job losses only, layoffs with no plan to rehire plus discharges for cause, not voluntary departures.

What are total separations in Iowa?

Total separations in Iowa reached 53K in Dec 2025. Separations is the broadest JOLTS turnover measure, it sums voluntary and involuntary departures plus retirements and internal transfers.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Iowa Labor Market

Iowa labor-market flows from the federal JOLTS program, monthly openings, hires, and separations. Check the reference month; state rows can publish after the national series.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

57K
Job openings: 50K
Hires: 2.3%
Quits rate: 44th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-19 Iowa

57K openings · 3.5% rate · 50K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 57K
RATE 3.5%
RANK 44th
HIRE 50K
QUIT 2.3%
LAY 14K
YOY -16.2%
PHOTO Oregon

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Oregon (3.5%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Iowa is 44th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Oregon →

Labor market health score

38/100

Iowa, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate F 3.5%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 3.2%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate C+ 2.3%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Loose rate band

Iowa sits in the loosest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only. Iowa ranks 39th of 51 on this month's board; denser peers are above on the chart. Signature: 39th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.5%).

Iowa among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Iowa openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Iowa sits at 39th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Iowa openings fell 16.2% year over year

Monthly job openings in Iowa from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.5%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Iowa sits: Slack but restless

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Iowa's own openings rate is 3.5% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.3% against a 2.2% average.