Occupational Information to Aid in Career Exploration and Development
The Career Planners and Job Seekers On-Line Reference Guide can be a starting point for planning a career or finding the right job. The guide provides essential websites and tools aimed at directing individuals' career or job path towards professional fulfillment. Additional on-line resources can be found by using the Career Connection Guide .
Employment and wages by occupation within Iowa can be found on the Iowa Wage Report and OES pages. Information regarding estimated openings; growth; skills; and education and training levels by occupation is located on the Occupational Projections home page.
Occupational Profiles
Occupational Profiles provide descriptive insights into a selected occupation's projected employment, wages, skills and education. An assortment of 105 different occupational profiles can be viewed by using the drop-down menu below:
Note: All reports are PDF files.
Select Profile Accountants and Auditors Actuaries Administrative Assistants and Executive Secretaries Architects Auto Body Repairers Auto Mechanics Bakers Barbers Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Brickmasons Bus Drivers, School and Special Client Butchers and Meat Cutters Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians Carpenters Certified Nursing Assistants Chefs and Head Cooks Chemists Chief Executives Chiropractors Child, Family, and School Social Workers Civil Engineers Community Health Workers Computer Network Architects Computer Programmers Computer Systems Analysts Computer User Support Specialists Construction Laborers Correctional Officers Cost Estimators Credit Analysts Credit Counselors Dental Assistants Dental Hygienists Dental Laboratory Technicians Dentists Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Dietetic Technicians Dietitians and Nutritionists Education and Career Counselors Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors Electrical Engineers Electrical Power Line Installers Electricians Elementary School Teachers Emergency Management Directors Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics Environmental Science and Protection Techs Family and General Practitioners Farm Animal Workers Farm Crop Workers Farmers, Ranchers and Agricultural Managers Financial Analysts Financial Services Sales Agents Firefighters Fitness and Aerobics Instructors Food Scientists Graphic Designers Hairstylists and Cosmetologists Health Social Workers Hearing Aid Specialists Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanics Home Health Aides Human Resources Specialists Industrial Engineers Industrial Machinery Mechanics Information Security Analysts Insurance Underwriters Interior Designers Interpreters and Translators Landscapers and Groundskeepers Lawyers Librarians Licensed Practical Nurses Loan Officers Logisticians and Logistics Analysts Machinists Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Management Analysts Market Research Analysts Marriage and Family Therapists Massage Therapists Mechanical Engineers Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians Medical & Health Services Managers Medical Assistants Medical Equipment Repairers Medical Clinic Laboratory Technicians Medical Equipment Preparers Medical Records & Health Information Technicians Medical Secretaries Medical Transcriptionists Meeting, Convention and Event Planners Millwrights Nuclear Medicine Technologists Nurse Practitioners Occupational Therapists Occupational Therapy Assistants Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Opticians, Dispensing Optometrists Painters Personal Care Aides Personal Financial Advisors Pharmacists Pharmacy Aides Pharmacy Technicians Phlebotomists Photographers Physical Therapists Physical Therapist Aides Physical Therapist Assistants Physician Assistants Plumbers Police Officers Psychiatric Aides Psychiatric Technicians Psychologists Radiation Therapists Radiologic Technologists Real Estate Sales Agents Registered Nurses Rehabilitation Counselors Respiratory Therapists Roofers Sales Technical Reps Secondary School Teachers Sheet Metal Workers Social and Community Service Managers Social and Human Service Assistants Soil and Plant Scientists Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors Surgical Technologists Systems Software Developers Technical Writers Telecommunications Line Installers Truck Drivers, Heavy Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Veterinarians Web Developers Welders and Cutters Writers
Occupational Outlooks
The following outlook reports relate to those occupations that are considered fast growing; high demand, high salary or "hot"; a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) vocation; and also jobs that are considered "green" or are related to goods or services that benefit the environment.
For convenience purposes reports are listed by county in the drop-down menus below, however, the content of the reports reflect data by IWD region. Statewide reports are also available.
Note: All reports are PDF files.
Career Outlooks
Select Area Statewide Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County Plymouth County Pocahontas County Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County
Hot Jobs
Select Area Statewide Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County Plymouth County Pocahontas County Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County
STEM Jobs
Select Area Statewide Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County Plymouth County Pocahontas County Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County
Green Jobs
Select Area Statewide Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County Plymouth County Pocahontas County Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County
Job Posting Statistics
The Job Posting Statistics page has data gathered from the job postings that are published on iowajobs.org . The number of postings open each month for each occupation and county are displayed back to January 2016. This information can be used to get an idea of what jobs are being advertised in Iowa.
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