Iowa Unemployment Rate Reaches Another Milestone

(Des Moines, IA)  —  Iowa Workforce Development says the state’s unemployment rate dropped to two-point-six percent in June – down one-tenth of a percent from May.  I-W-D director Beth Townsend says that number represents another milestone.  She says, “Two-six is where we were in February of 2020, before the pandemic.”  Leisure and hospitality industries saw the biggest job gains.  Manufacturing added 700 jobs in June – an increase for the seventh straight month.  Townsend says one of the biggest issues for employers is workers who take a job, then quit after a short time.