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Warren County Economic Development Corporation

Workforce

Warren County, Iowa is naturally set for your success with a highly qualified, well-educated workforce. Warren County residents rank 4th of 99 counties in percent of adults 25 years and older with a high school diploma or more and 12th with a bachelor’s degree or more. Within the Warren County laborshed area is a potential labor force of 241,169, an estimated 48,416 are willing to change or access employment. Of the employed willing to change or access employment, 24.4 percent are in the professional, paraprofessional, or technical occupations.

"Capital City Fruit, Inc has been in Warren County since 1981. A big reason for our success is the access to a highly qualified workforce. Most of our sales force calls Warren County home and several of our front line supervisors started working for us while attending Norwalk High School. This area provides loyal employees that are willing to grow with a company. One benefit we have found is that many qualified people are tired of the commute to Des Moines and we have been able to hire some great people who want to work close to home. Further, Warren County is close enough to Des Moines that you still have access to talented employees from the Des Moines area. In a highly competitive environment, locating in Warren County helps position a company to get the best talent possible."

Brendan Comito
Capital City Fruit

Warren County Workforce

The 2005 Warren County Laborshed Analysis was a regional collaboration completed by the Iowa Workforce Development Workforce Research Bureau. The study was designed to provide businesses the labor force data necessary to make informed decisions about their current and future location needs.

The reports below contain additional Warren County, Iowa Laborshed information including:

Commuting patterns
Current desired wages/salaries
Available labor
Worker skill competency
Industries in the laborshed area

2010 Warren County Laborshed Executive Summary
2010 Carlisle Laborshed Executive Summary
2010 Norwalk Laborshed Executive Summary

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For other workforce and labor information please refer to the Warren County Resource Center. To request additional information on industry sectors or specific workforce analysis for Warren County or its communities, please contact us.

Iowa Workforce

Iowa is a right-to-work state
Iowa has a lower cost of doing business compared to national averages.

Iowa USA

Cost of doing business index (Des Moines)
91 100

Worker's compensation comparative cost for
manufacturing (per $100 payroll) $3.10 $4.19

Standard new employer unemployment
insurance rate (non-construction) 1.0% on $22,000
maximum taxable earnings N/A

Iowa’s 90.4 percent high school graduation rate is ranked third in the nation, 16 percent above the national average.