Employers in Iowa logged 18 WARN Act notices in January 2018, involving roughly 680 workers — climbing above December and up 249% versus January 2017. The average filing covered 38 workers, with 5 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Iowa this month. A total of 680 workers were affected across 18 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Lee | 1 | 202 |
| Woodbury | 1 | 178 |
| Polk | 3 | 141 |
| Linn | 1 | 62 |
| Sioux | 1 | 36 |
Lee absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 30% of all affected workers with 202 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Madison | 1 | 202 |
| Sergeant Bluff | 1 | 178 |
| Johnston | 2 | 82 |
| Cedar Rapids | 1 | 62 |
| Des Moines | 1 | 59 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 5 | 364 |
| Layoff | 3 | 288 |
The high proportion of closures (54% of affected workers) suggests structural shifts rather than temporary cutbacks in Iowa's labor market.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | Fort Madison | 202 | Layoff | 2018-01-24 |
| Convergys | Sergeant Bluff | 178 | Closure | 2018-01-30 |
| Younkers | Cedar Rapids | 62 | Closure | 2018-01-31 |
| Kmart | Des Moines | 59 | Closure | 2018-01-08 |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred International | Johnston | 53 | Layoff | 2018-01-01 |
| Colorfx, LLC | Boyden | 36 | Closure | 2018-01-01 |
| Rock Communications | Newton | 33 | Layoff | 2018-01-08 |
| The Sandbox Agency | Johnston | 29 | Closure | 2018-01-30 |
| DuPont | Nevada | 28 | 2018-01-26 | |
| Colorfx, LLC | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-01 | |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred International | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-01 | |
| Kmart | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-08 | |
| Rock Communications | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-08 | |
| Siemens | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-24 | |
| DuPont | Purchase dataset for city details | N/A | 2018-01-26 |
The biggest impact was at Siemens at its Fort Madison facility, reporting 202 affected workers. Convergys followed with 178 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Iowa labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Iowa. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Iowa WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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