Dubuque County Employment Levels Reach All Time High
Dubuque County's latest employment figures continue positive growth at the midway point of 2024. This month brought Dubuque County’s total employment to 62,200, the highest level of employment in Dubuque County’s history, putting us 600 jobs up from the month prior and 1,200 jobs up from June of 2023.
The 1% growth in employment levels from May 2024 to June 2024 is the highest in the State. Equally notable, is that the 2% increase from June 2023 to June 2024, the 3rd highest rate of growth in the State with only Ames and Iowa City surpassing Dubuque County. Dubuque County has demonstrated resilience in its recovery from the pandemic-induced downturn, surpassing the pre-pandemic employment of June 2019 by 1,600 jobs.
These metrics bode well for Dubuque County’s economy and are reflective of the strength and diversity of the employer base.
Greater Dubuque Development closely tracks the Iowa Workforce Development Labor Market Division’s monthly total non-farm employment estimates, an important performance indicator of the local economic climate. Increasing employment levels in Dubuque County to 64,000 by 2027 is one of the 5 strategic goals of our ambitious 5-year YOU can be great here campaign. This regional-targeted campaign also calls on our team, board, and regional partners across both the public and private sectors to work collaboratively to ignite construction investment to $1 billion, raise median household income to $76,000, increase population to 105,000, and decrease the poverty rate by 5%.
For more information on Dubuque County labor force data, contact Nic Hockenberry, Director of Workforce Programming for Greater Dubuque Development at 563-557-9049 or nicolash@greaterdubuque.org.
