Iowa City, Iowa Job Growth

There were 102,400 jobs in Iowa City, Iowa in February 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 95,405 employed persons for the month. Iowa City added 600 jobs in February 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 115 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Iowa City job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	102,400	+600	+1,200
CPS	95,405	+115	-426

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Iowa City, Iowa Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Iowa City as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Iowa City, Iowa

CES employment for Iowa City in February 2018 is at a new high of 102,400.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 96,641 for Iowa City in September 2017. 1,236 jobs have been lost in Iowa City since then according to the household survey. From a January 2018 low of 95,290, Iowa City has added 115 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Iowa City, Iowa Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2018	102,400	600	95,405	115
January 2018	101,800	100	95,290	-1,004
December 2017	101,700	0	96,294	-82
November 2017	101,700	200	96,376	-63
October 2017	101,500	-100	96,439	-202
September 2017	101,600	0	96,641	517
August 2017	101,600	100	96,124	296
July 2017	101,500	200	95,828	-335
June 2017	101,300	-100	96,163	415
May 2017	101,400	-300	95,748	-315
April 2017	101,700	300	96,063	-27
March 2017	101,400	200	96,090	259