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Iowa Healthcare, Construction See Highest Ever Employment Levels
Beth Townsend said unemployment claims remain historically low and Iowa has thousands of open jobs as healthcare and construction reach record employment.
Iowa’s unemployment rate remained where it’s been the last four months again in September at 3.2%. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the labor market continues to move at an even pace. “The labor force participation rate decreased again slightly to 66.9% in September, but that’s pretty, I mean, that’s not a huge move. […]