Iowa Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Iowa's seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 260,300; this means that Iowa added 1,200 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Iowa's 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 (Seas Adj.)
Iowa Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Iowa Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 249200
February 2007 249400 200
March 2007 248800 -600
April 2007 249100 300
May 2007 249400 300
June 2007 250400 1000
July 2007 249900 -500
August 2007 250600 700
September 2007 250100 -500
October 2007 250800 700
November 2007 250700 -100
December 2007 251000 300
January 2008 251500 500
February 2008 251900 400
March 2008 252300 400
April 2008 252200 -100
May 2008 252800 600
June 2008 252400 -400
July 2008 252100 -300
August 2008 252400 300
September 2008 254500 2100
October 2008 254200 -300
November 2008 254200 0
December 2008 254000 -200
January 2009 254400 400
February 2009 254900 500
March 2009 255400 500
April 2009 256100 700
May 2009 255900 -200
June 2009 254400 -1500
July 2009 253800 -600
August 2009 253600 -200
September 2009 255100 1500
October 2009 254200 -900
November 2009 254100 -100
December 2009 253300 -800
January 2010 252000 -1300
February 2010 252700 700
March 2010 254400 1700
April 2010 253800 -600
May 2010 256800 3000
June 2010 255100 -1700
July 2010 252500 -2600
August 2010 251000 -1500
September 2010 250400 -600
October 2010 252100 1700
November 2010 253000 900
December 2010 252900 -100
January 2011 251400 -1500
February 2011 252500 1100
March 2011 252700 200
April 2011 253100 400
May 2011 252600 -500
June 2011 253100 500
July 2011 254600 1500
August 2011 255000 400
September 2011 253700 -1300
October 2011 252300 -1400
November 2011 252000 -300
December 2011 252400 400
January 2012 253400 1000
February 2012 253100 -300
March 2012 253000 -100
April 2012 253600 600
May 2012 253300 -300
June 2012 252500 -800
July 2012 253800 1300
August 2012 254100 300
September 2012 254100 0
October 2012 253500 -600
November 2012 253400 -100
December 2012 253300 -100
January 2013 251800 -1500
February 2013 253100 1300
March 2013 253300 200
April 2013 252800 -500
May 2013 254300 1500
June 2013 254600 300
July 2013 258000 3400
August 2013 256100 -1900
September 2013 256300 200
October 2013 254700 -1600
November 2013 254400 -300
December 2013 254500 100
January 2014 254100 -400
February 2014 254400 300
March 2014 254700 300
April 2014 254400 -300
May 2014 254800 400
June 2014 253100 -1700
July 2014 254800 1700
August 2014 255000 200
September 2014 257400 2400
October 2014 256100 -1300
November 2014 256100 0
December 2014 255800 -300
January 2015 256100 300
February 2015 256100 0
March 2015 255800 -300
April 2015 255300 -500
May 2015 255400 100
June 2015 254800 -600
July 2015 254900 100
August 2015 253000 -1900
September 2015 254500 1500
October 2015 256400 1900
November 2015 256500 100
December 2015 257200 700
January 2016 256900 -300
February 2016 257500 600
March 2016 257400 -100
April 2016 257600 200
May 2016 257400 -200
June 2016 257900 500
July 2016 256100 -1800
August 2016 255700 -400
September 2016 258100 2400
October 2016 258500 400
November 2016 258800 300
December 2016 259200 400
January 2017 260700 1500
February 2017 259700 -1000
March 2017 260000 300
April 2017 259900 -100
May 2017 258700 -1200
June 2017 260400 1700
July 2017 260800 400
August 2017 260700 -100
September 2017 260400 -300
October 2017 260200 -200
November 2017 260000 -200
December 2017 260000 0
January 2018 261500 1500
February 2018 260600 -900
March 2018 260400 -200
April 2018 260800 400
May 2018 260200 -600
June 2018 261200 1000
July 2018 260800 -400
August 2018 260600 -200
September 2018 259300 -1300
October 2018 260100 800
November 2018 260900 800
December 2018 261100 200
January 2019 260300 -800
February 2019 260100 -200
March 2019 261300 1200
April 2019 261700 400
May 2019 261400 -300
June 2019 258100 -3300
July 2019 259400 1300
August 2019 258900 -500
September 2019 260300 1400
October 2019 260600 300
November 2019 260800 200
December 2019 263300 2500
January 2020 265100 1800
February 2020 263900 -1200
March 2020 264200 300
April 2020 250500 -13700
May 2020 237500 -13000
June 2020 240300 2800
July 2020 246200 5900
August 2020 250100 3900
September 2020 252500 2400
October 2020 251500 -1000
November 2020 250700 -800
December 2020 250100 -600
January 2021 250500 400
February 2021 251000 500
March 2021 252000 1000
April 2021 256000 4000
May 2021 252400 -3600
June 2021 254900 2500
July 2021 254900 0
August 2021 255400 500
September 2021 255200 -200
October 2021 254800 -400
November 2021 254900 100
December 2021 255000 100
January 2022 255200 200
February 2022 255400 200
March 2022 255600 200
April 2022 256100 500
May 2022 256300 200
June 2022 258000 1700
July 2022 258300 300
August 2022 257700 -600
September 2022 258200 500
October 2022 258300 100
November 2022 258700 400
December 2022 258500 -200
January 2023 259100 600
February 2023 260300 1200