# Iowa Unemployment Level

Iowa Unemployment Level was up 6.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 8.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 55,287 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −62.1% (Apr 2021) to 366.4% (Apr 2020), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `US-IA.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (368 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/iowa-unemployment-level-not-seasonally-adjusted-monthly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 55,287 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 61,350 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 59,683 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 55,643 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 49,056 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 43,534 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 57,185 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 62,609 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 66,390 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 58,202 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 56,235 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 54,729 thousands | 6.8 |
| August 2025 | 65,980 thousands | 8.4 |
| July 2025 | 65,392 thousands | 5.5 |
| June 2025 | 61,456 thousands | 11.3 |
| May 2025 | 57,672 thousands | 23.6 |
| April 2025 | 53,120 thousands | 38.3 |
| March 2025 | 63,457 thousands | 31.1 |
| February 2025 | 66,480 thousands | 22.8 |
| January 2025 | 71,702 thousands | 19.9 |
| December 2024 | 56,013 thousands | 24.0 |
| November 2024 | 57,259 thousands | 30.6 |
| October 2024 | 57,249 thousands | 15.0 |
| September 2024 | 51,265 thousands | 10.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IA.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```