Iowa Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Iowa's not seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 263,600; this means that Iowa added 6,400 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Iowa's not seasonally adjusted historical government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Iowa's industries and links for many more of Iowa's industries at this link.

Iowa Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Iowa Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Iowa Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 247600
February 2007 253700 6100
March 2007 253600 -100
April 2007 254000 400
May 2007 256500 2500
June 2007 253500 -3000
July 2007 228600 -24900
August 2007 228500 -100
September 2007 250300 21800
October 2007 256900 6600
November 2007 258100 1200
December 2007 257100 -1000
January 2008 249900 -7200
February 2008 255900 6000
March 2008 257000 1100
April 2008 257200 200
May 2008 260500 3300
June 2008 256100 -4400
July 2008 231300 -24800
August 2008 231000 -300
September 2008 254700 23700
October 2008 260300 5600
November 2008 261300 1000
December 2008 260100 -1200
January 2009 253100 -7000
February 2009 258700 5600
March 2009 259800 1100
April 2009 261000 1200
May 2009 263100 2100
June 2009 257800 -5300
July 2009 234300 -23500
August 2009 234200 -100
September 2009 254500 20300
October 2009 260700 6200
November 2009 261400 700
December 2009 259300 -2100
January 2010 250300 -9000
February 2010 255800 5500
March 2010 258300 2500
April 2010 258400 100
May 2010 263300 4900
June 2010 257600 -5700
July 2010 232800 -24800
August 2010 232100 -700
September 2010 251300 19200
October 2010 258000 6700
November 2010 260300 2300
December 2010 258800 -1500
January 2011 249500 -9300
February 2011 255500 6000
March 2011 256500 1000
April 2011 257900 1400
May 2011 259200 1300
June 2011 255300 -3900
July 2011 235900 -19400
August 2011 236400 500
September 2011 254000 17600
October 2011 257800 3800
November 2011 258800 1000
December 2011 258200 -600
January 2012 251600 -6600
February 2012 256100 4500
March 2012 256800 700
April 2012 258300 1500
May 2012 259900 1600
June 2012 254400 -5500
July 2012 234600 -19800
August 2012 239400 4800
September 2012 254400 15000
October 2012 258300 3900
November 2012 259800 1500
December 2012 259200 -600
January 2013 250100 -9100
February 2013 256500 6400
March 2013 257000 500
April 2013 257400 400
May 2013 260800 3400
June 2013 256300 -4500
July 2013 238800 -17500
August 2013 241800 3000
September 2013 256900 15100
October 2013 259500 2600
November 2013 260900 1400
December 2013 260300 -600
January 2014 252600 -7700
February 2014 257600 5000
March 2014 258200 600
April 2014 258800 600
May 2014 260600 1800
June 2014 254300 -6300
July 2014 236000 -18300
August 2014 239000 3000
September 2014 258500 19500
October 2014 261200 2700
November 2014 262600 1400
December 2014 261300 -1300
January 2015 254700 -6600
February 2015 259500 4800
March 2015 259400 -100
April 2015 259800 400
May 2015 261200 1400
June 2015 255700 -5500
July 2015 236400 -19300
August 2015 237000 600
September 2015 255300 18300
October 2015 261300 6000
November 2015 262900 1600
December 2015 262600 -300
January 2016 255800 -6800
February 2016 260900 5100
March 2016 260900 0
April 2016 262000 1100
May 2016 263000 1000
June 2016 258900 -4100
July 2016 237400 -21500
August 2016 241000 3600
September 2016 258800 17800
October 2016 263400 4600
November 2016 265100 1700
December 2016 264300 -800
January 2017 259600 -4700
February 2017 263100 3500
March 2017 263500 400
April 2017 264400 900
May 2017 264400 0
June 2017 261500 -2900
July 2017 241900 -19600
August 2017 245900 4000
September 2017 260900 15000
October 2017 265000 4100
November 2017 266100 1100
December 2017 264900 -1200
January 2018 260500 -4400
February 2018 263900 3400
March 2018 263700 -200
April 2018 264900 1200
May 2018 265400 500
June 2018 262500 -2900
July 2018 242300 -20200
August 2018 245600 3300
September 2018 260400 14800
October 2018 265300 4900
November 2018 267400 2100
December 2018 265800 -1600
January 2019 259000 -6800
February 2019 263200 4200
March 2019 264600 1400
April 2019 265800 1200
May 2019 266800 1000
June 2019 259000 -7800
July 2019 241000 -18000
August 2019 244100 3100
September 2019 261600 17500
October 2019 266100 4500
November 2019 267500 1400
December 2019 267900 400
January 2020 263500 -4400
February 2020 266700 3200
March 2020 267500 800
April 2020 254600 -12900
May 2020 242400 -12200
June 2020 240000 -2400
July 2020 228500 -11500
August 2020 236100 7600
September 2020 254200 18100
October 2020 257000 2800
November 2020 257400 400
December 2020 254500 -2900
January 2021 248700 -5800
February 2021 253700 5000
March 2021 255200 1500
April 2021 260200 5000
May 2021 257800 -2400
June 2021 254800 -3000
July 2021 236700 -18100
August 2021 241000 4300
September 2021 257100 16100
October 2021 260600 3500
November 2021 261800 1200
December 2021 259600 -2200
January 2022 253500 -6100
February 2022 258100 4600
March 2022 258700 600
April 2022 260600 1900
May 2022 261700 1100
June 2022 257700 -4000
July 2022 240000 -17700
August 2022 242900 2900
September 2022 260300 17400
October 2022 264700 4400
November 2022 266300 1600
December 2022 263100 -3200
January 2023 257200 -5900
February 2023 263600 6400