Statewide Iowa (Radio Iowa) — The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8-percent in March, while the U.S. unemployment rate remained at 4.1-percent.
Iowa Workforce Development spokesperson Cory Kelly says Iowa continues to have one of the lowest jobless rates in the country.
Iowa’s unemployment rate, over the previous three months, had held at 2.9 percent. The state’s jobless rate was 3.3 percent one year ago.
According to the IWD report released Friday, Iowa currently has 224,200 manufacturing jobs. The state added 1,300 construction jobs in March. That marks two consecutive months of job increases in construction.
There were 600 fewer unemployed Iowans in March compared to February.
The total number of working Iowans in March stood at 1,626,100.
For more information visit iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov.
