9 Iowa Employers That Hire Veterans
9 employers in Iowa cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 185 protected veterans out of 2,387 new hires — 7.8% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are 10 Roads Express, Interstates Inc. and Altorfer Inc..
Iowa employers
9
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
185
of 2,387 total new hires
Combined share
7.8%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Iowa concentrates in Transportation & Logistics (116 hires), Construction (38 hires) and Other Services (14 hires).
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| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Roads Express | 108 | 1,440 | 7.5% | Iowa | Transportation & Logistics |
| 2 | Interstates Inc. | 30 | 415 | 7.2% | Iowa | Construction |
| 3 | Altorfer Inc. | 14 | 150 | 9.3% | Iowa | Other Services |
| 4 | Ragan Mechanical Inc | 8 | 110 | 7.3% | Iowa | Construction |
| 5 | Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Inc | 8 | 81 | 9.9% | Iowa | Transportation & Logistics |
| 6 | Sioux City Truck Sales Inc. | 5 | 77 | 6.5% | Iowa | Retail |
| 7 | Geater Machining and Manufacturing | 5 | 32 | 15.6% | Iowa | Manufacturing |
| 8 | Schumacher Elevator Company | 4 | 51 | 7.8% | Iowa | Manufacturing |
| 9 | Des Moines Water Works | 3 | 31 | 9.7% | Iowa | Utilities |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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