Hamilton County saw a drop in its unemployment rate for September. The Iowa Workforce Development office announced Tuesday that the rate for the past month was 2.5 percent. The unemployment rate for August was 2.9 percent. In September,2025, the rate was at 2.2 percent. There were 7,710 people working in Hamilton County with 200 people unemployed last month. The unemployment rates for surrounding counties for September include Boone County at 2.4 percent, Franklin County at 3.2 percent, Hardin County at 2.9 percent, Story County at 3.1 percent, Webster County at 3.3 percent and Wright County tied with Hamilton County at 3.3 percent.
Iowa’s unemployment rate for September remained at 3.2 percent. It has been the same rate for much of the summer. There were 1,665,500 people employed across Iowa in September with 55,700 people unemployed.