The unemployment rate for Marshall County for the month of March was reported at 8.0 percent, which is a slight decline from the rate of 8.4 percent, which was reported for the same time period one year ago.

In March 2022. the Marshalltown metropolitan area reported that 10,520 people were employed city-wide, according to data received from Iowa Workforce Development.

The Marshalltown area reported 1,180 people were unemployed in March 2022 and the city’s monthly unemployment rate was 10.1 percent.