Downtown Workforce

Downtown Des Moines (DSM), with its highly specialized and qualified workers, continues to be a hub for companies such as Principal and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield to find motivated, qualified employees. Major employers from key industries around the region tap into Iowa's talent to make their businesses more efficient and profitable. Skilled workers are easy to find, with the DSM region boasting over an 90% graduation rate (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022) of its students. The region’s college graduation rate is even better, with over 40% (2022) of the region’s workforce having obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher. When compared to the nation’s bachelor’s degree or higher attainment of 35.8% (2022), our region ranks highly! 

Major Employers in Downtown DSM

Tens of thousands of people currently work in Downtown DSM at corporations like Blue Cross Blue Shield, EMC Insurance, Global Atlantic, Landus Cooperative, Lumen, Principal and many others.  Find Downtown DSM job opportunities or post your company's job openings on the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Career Center. Additionally, The Partnership is actively engaged in supporting businesses in the growth, retention and education of their workforce through its talent development resources.