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Manufacturers in Iowa

340 companies in Iowa are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, finishing and heat treating and welding and fabrication. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in Iowa

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Iowa has 1.73x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

222,310

1.7% of U.S. · −1.8% year over year

Establishments

4,243

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$74,639

−13% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

340

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Food60,832 jobs · LQ 3.42
  2. Machinery40,424 jobs · LQ 3.62
  3. Fabricated metal product20,666 jobs · LQ 1.43
  4. Transportation equipment12,586 jobs · LQ 0.71
  5. Computer and electronic product12,477 jobs · LQ 1.21
  6. Chemical12,399 jobs · LQ 1.38

Top counties

  1. Polk County19,917 jobs · LQ 0.76
  2. Linn County18,530 jobs · LQ 1.79
  3. Black Hawk County13,298 jobs · LQ 2.28
  4. Scott County11,636 jobs · LQ 1.56
  5. Dubuque County10,492 jobs · LQ 2.19
  6. Marion County8,599 jobs · LQ 5.32

Top metro areas

  1. Omaha, NE-IA35,969 jobs · LQ 0.89
  2. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA24,022 jobs · LQ 0.72
  3. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL23,707 jobs · LQ 1.62
  4. Cedar Rapids, IA20,049 jobs · LQ 1.77
  5. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD15,215 jobs · LQ 2.48
  6. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA14,834 jobs · LQ 2.13

Census County Business Patterns counts 3,418 manufacturing establishments with 224,293 employees in Iowa (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.