Iowa City, Iowa Job Growth

There were 101,800 jobs in Iowa City, Iowa in July 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 95,929 employed persons for the month. Iowa City lost 600 jobs in July 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 189 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Iowa City job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	July 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	101,800	-600	+300
CPS	95,929	-189	+1,223

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 peaked in April 2018 at 102,600. Since then 800 jobs have been lost in Iowa City according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 96,118 for Iowa City in June 2018. 189 jobs have been lost in Iowa City since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Iowa City, Iowa Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
July 2018	101,800	-600	95,929	-189
June 2018	102,400	-100	96,118	577
May 2018	102,500	-100	95,541	-17
April 2018	102,600	300	95,558	168
March 2018	102,300	100	95,390	306
February 2018	102,200	400	95,084	516
January 2018	101,800	100	94,568	21
December 2017	101,700	0	94,547	-77
November 2017	101,700	200	94,624	-145
October 2017	101,500	-100	94,769	-119
September 2017	101,600	0	94,888	73
August 2017	101,600	100	94,815	109