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Collins Aerospace will lay off 31 workers in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 30

The Good Day Cedar Rapids teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 3 sources

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If you work at or near Collins Aerospace, here's what's public. The company posted a "mass layoff" notice on Iowa's WARN website on Oct. 29, and the 31 positions end Nov. 30. The Des Moines Register reports employees were notified that same day.

Collins is cutting 31 jobs at a company with about 7,000 nearby

31
workers being laid off in Cedar Rapids
7,000
Iowa Collins jobs in or around Cedar Rapids
$30.2 billion
in adjusted sales for Collins in 2025

Source: The Gazette

Collins cited the need to "reduce costs and optimize our organizational structure" but didn't say which jobs are going. Corridor Business Journal counts several small to moderate job reductions across Iowa, including 102 workers in Cedar Rapids in June 2025.

  • Parent company: RTX, which also includes Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon
  • Collins worldwide: about 80,000 employees, about 9,000 in Iowa
  • 2025 adjusted operating profit: $4.9 billion, up from 2024

This layoff is smaller than Collins' Cedar Rapids cut in June 2025

Sources: The Gazette, Corridor Business Journal

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Cedar Rapids, June 2025102
Decorah, June 202529
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 202631

Sources: The Gazette, The Des Moines Register, Corridor Business Journal

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