Des Moines, Iowa Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Des Moines, Iowa for all business establishments was 20,115. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 30.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2010 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can see similar information for other Iowa counties, and for Iowa.

Des Moines, Iowa Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Des Moines, Iowa Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
Des Moines, Iowa Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 19906
February 2010 19878 -28
March 2010 20108 230
April 2010 20608 500
May 2010 20961 353
June 2010 21141 180
July 2010 21024 -117
August 2010 20637 -387
September 2010 20651 14
October 2010 20671 20
November 2010 20873 202
December 2010 20751 -122
January 2011 20539 -212
February 2011 20584 45
March 2011 20781 197
April 2011 21212 431
May 2011 21466 254
June 2011 21901 435
July 2011 21709 -192
August 2011 21440 -269
September 2011 21500 60
October 2011 21401 -99
November 2011 21591 190
December 2011 21536 -55
January 2012 20806 -730
February 2012 20919 113
March 2012 21150 231
April 2012 21463 313
May 2012 21623 160
June 2012 21889 266
July 2012 21907 18
August 2012 21500 -407
September 2012 21493 -7
October 2012 21650 157
November 2012 22019 369
December 2012 21765 -254
January 2013 21095 -670
February 2013 21323 228
March 2013 21378 55
April 2013 21964 586
May 2013 22324 360
June 2013 22261 -63
July 2013 21965 -296
August 2013 22416 451
September 2013 22349 -67
October 2013 22414 65
November 2013 22637 223
December 2013 22442 -195
January 2014 21822 -620
February 2014 22046 224
March 2014 22250 204
April 2014 22659 409
May 2014 22943 284
June 2014 23022 79
July 2014 23012 -10
August 2014 22971 -41
September 2014 22700 -271
October 2014 22665 -35
November 2014 22830 165
December 2014 22750 -80
January 2015 22120 -630
February 2015 22108 -12
March 2015 22411 303
April 2015 22710 299
May 2015 22961 251
June 2015 23094 133
July 2015 23398 304
August 2015 23215 -183
September 2015 23225 10
October 2015 23072 -153
November 2015 23193 121
December 2015 22990 -203
January 2016 21837 -1153
February 2016 21938 101
March 2016 22239 301
April 2016 22222 -17
May 2016 22433 211
June 2016 22881 448
July 2016 22882 1
August 2016 22569 -313
September 2016 22734 165
October 2016 22333 -401
November 2016 22446 113
December 2016 22374 -72
January 2017 22004 -370
February 2017 21789 -215
March 2017 22074 285
April 2017 22296 222
May 2017 22385 89
June 2017 22652 267
July 2017 22195 -457
August 2017 22203 8
September 2017 22101 -102
October 2017 22113 12
November 2017 22242 129
December 2017 22127 -115
January 2018 21539 -588
February 2018 21548 9
March 2018 21769 221
April 2018 21999 230
May 2018 22512 513
June 2018 22696 184
July 2018 22364 -332
August 2018 22106 -258
September 2018 22013 -93
October 2018 22004 -9
November 2018 22088 84
December 2018 21950 -138
January 2019 21291 -659
February 2019 21166 -125
March 2019 21345 179
April 2019 21576 231
May 2019 21884 308
June 2019 21917 33
July 2019 21723 -194
August 2019 21488 -235
September 2019 21211 -277
October 2019 21264 53
November 2019 21249 -15
December 2019 21085 -164
January 2020 20653 -432
February 2020 20498 -155
March 2020 20519 21
April 2020 18425 -2094
May 2020 18675 250
June 2020 19352 677
July 2020 20038 686
August 2020 19997 -41
September 2020 20108 111
October 2020 20257 149
November 2020 20212 -45
December 2020 20061 -151
February 2021 19535 -526
March 2021 19506 -29
April 2021 19746 240
May 2021 20008 262
June 2021 20129 121
July 2021 20345 216
August 2021 20436 91
September 2021 20137 -299
October 2021 19972 -165
November 2021 20160 188
December 2021 20145 -15
January 2022 20115 -30