(Des Moines, IA) The unemployment rate in Iowa held steady at three-point-seven percent in March. February’s jobless rate was revised from three-point-six percent. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend said the good news is Iowa added 15-thousand-100 jobs in March, which indicates we continue to recover from the pandemic. The number of working Iowans increased by 32-hundred last month while the number of unemployed inched up by 200. Construction led all sectors in March with 75-hundred jobs gained. The national unemployment rate was six percent last month.
Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 3.7 % in March
By Mandy Billings
Apr 16, 2021 | 12:30 PM
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