Total licensed trades on the Iowa register, by trade and place. Nightly.
Iowa carries 21,420 licensed skilled-trades workers on its state register as of 2026-08-09, 667.9 per 100,000 residents.
The Iowa register records location by place. Counts below are the twelve largest.
| Place | Licensed trades |
|---|---|
| Des Moines | 1,219 |
| Omaha | 979 |
| Cedar Rapids | 810 |
| Davenport | 476 |
| Sioux City | 437 |
| Ankeny | 303 |
| Waterloo | 287 |
| Council Bluffs | 281 |
| Dubuque | 268 |
| La Vista | 204 |
| West Des Moines | 190 |
| Marion | 188 |
New licenses, ladder upgrades, classification changes and lapses, by market and credential tier. Read the quarterly free, or license the underlying data.