Iowa City Area Workforce

The Iowa City area is strategically located in the center of the largest population region in the state of Iowa, attracting workers from a 60-mile radius. With a regional population of more than 400,000, and double-digit growth every decade, the Iowa City area has consistently attracted knowledge workers for our growing companies.

Our area workforce is rated 22% higher than national figures for quality, with a stability rate (turnover) 11% better than national norms.  In fact, the productivity of the workers in our area is nearly 10% higher than national norms.   This is a figure local companies can see going directly to their bottom lines as they spend less on employee training while realizing higher production.   (2006 North American Data Study)

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Workforce Business Services

Our comprehensive business services and expertise provide a framework of support to help businesses start, succeed and stay in Iowa. Click here to read the most recent brochure of business services.

Iowa is a Right-to-Work State

Under Iowa law, an employee is not required to join a union as a condition of employment. Management/employee relations are extremely positive in our area.

Regional Workforce Business Services

In today's creative economy, workforce is an essential component to business success. In a commitment to a vital and prosperous economy, economic development partners, Priority One and Iowa City Area Development Group, have launched a number of workforce business services to serve companies in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Technology Corridor and to address their major concerns: availability, capability and affordability.