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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Iowa > Des Moines

Des Moines

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Des Moines Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Des Moines-West Des Moines — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2025
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Economy at a Glance:
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
Data Series Back
Data		 Apr
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 415.8 416.9 422.6 422.2 425.1 421.6

Employment(1)

 402.4 402.0 406.4 404.9 407.1 408.2

Unemployment(1)

 13.3 14.9 16.3 17.3 17.9 13.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 411.1 414.0 415.5 412.5 415.4 (p)413.5

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0.0 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 26.1 27.1 27.9 28.5 28.1 (p)28.5

12-month % change

 -1.1 0.4 2.6 4.8 4.5 (p)8.4

Manufacturing(3)

 22.2 22.3 22.3 22.3 22.1 (p)22.1

12-month % change

 -10.8 -10.4 -10.4 -5.9 -3.9 (p)-4.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 80.1 80.0 80.8 80.7 80.5 (p)80.5

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.6 -1.1 -0.6 -0.7 (p)0.1

Information(3)

 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 (p)5.9

12-month % change

 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)-3.3

Financial Activities(3)

 55.3 55.1 54.8 53.9 53.6 (p)53.5

12-month % change

 -2.3 -3.0 -4.2 -5.8 -5.5 (p)-4.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 54.6 54.7 55.8 55.6 55.9 (p)54.6

12-month % change

 -3.0 -2.7 -1.1 -1.6 -0.5 (p)-0.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 62.8 62.2 62.4 62.1 61.9 (p)61.9

12-month % change

 3.3 3.5 5.8 4.7 3.2 (p)2.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 36.9 38.4 38.4 39.4 39.4 (p)37.5

12-month % change

 -5.6 -4.2 -6.8 -5.7 -5.7 (p)-2.3

Other Services(3)

 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.1 14.0 (p)13.8

12-month % change

 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.2 1.4 (p)2.2

Government(3)

 53.2 54.3 53.0 49.9 53.9 (p)55.2

12-month % change

 3.9 4.0 4.5 5.3 8.0 (p)8.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary