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Laborshed Studies: At a Glance

34.9%

Percentage Who are Likely to Change/Accept Employment

31.3%

Percentage Who are Actively Seeking New/Different Employment

77.7%

Percentage With an Education Beyond High School

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Laborshed Studies

A flexible data tool for understanding the local labor market.

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Laborshed Studies Data

A SURVEY OF IOWA’S LABOR FORCE

Laborshed studies are supply-side, labor availability studies. They provide community leaders, economic developers, site selectors and existing or prospective employers a flexible tool for understanding the workforce characteristics of their local labor market.

A Laborshed is defined as the area or region from which an employment center draws its commuting workers. It shows the distribution of these workers regardless of political boundaries.  Laborshed studies also address underemployment, availability of labor and likeliness of the employed or not employed to change or accept employment. Other topics covered within a Laborshed analysis include: current and desired occupations, wages, hours worked, job search resources and distance willing to commute to work. For more information regarding survey methodology please visit the Laborshed Survey Methodology page.

LABORSHED REPORTS

The following links provide current Laborshed data by geography, with options to display an interactive presentation-style narrative of the area data, as well as an executive summary in PDF file format.

For assistance in navigating the Tableau visualization above, visit the Tableau Guide.

Note: For optimal experience we recommend using the Google Chrome browser (download here). If you have questions on the data above, visit the frequently asked questions or contact LMI using the information at the bottom of this page.

TABLEAU KEY

If you need access to additional Laborshed data or need it presented in a different format, please contact the Laborshed team with your request: Laborshed.Studies@iwd.iowa.gov.