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Nebraska jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Nebraska’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. 1,074 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 8 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Nebraska economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 1,095,992

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,965,926

    people in Nebraska

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,985

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Nebraska layoffs

  • 8

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 4,494

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 7

    employers

WARN notices filed in Nebraska, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
FortrexMadison91—State record
Skylark Meats, LLCOmaha218—State record
ConduentConduent2—State record
WK Kellogg CoOmaha451—State record
Republic National Distributing CoLa Vista87—State record
Tyson Extension - LexingtonLexington294—State record
FortrexLexington139—State record
Tyson - LexingtonLexington3,212—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Nebraska

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. GPAC39 open roles
  2. Conagra Brands32 open roles
  3. Warner Bros. Discovery23 open roles
  4. General Dynamics OTS20 open roles
  5. Olsson20 open roles
  6. Valmont18 open roles
  7. Hudl16 open roles
  8. Mutual of Omaha12 open roles
  9. Valmont12 open roles
  10. Vetter Senior Living12 open roles
  11. Rivalia Chemical11 open roles
  12. Amazon10 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Nebraska

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Nebraska

  • 23

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 155,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Nebraska

Largest colleges in Nebraska
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Nebraska-LincolnLincolnPublic 4-year20,000+
Bellevue UniversityBellevuePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmahaPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Creighton UniversityOmahaPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Nebraska at KearneyKearneyPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Chadron State CollegeChadronPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Clarkson CollegeOmahaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Concordia University-NebraskaSewardPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Doane UniversityCretePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Midland UniversityFremontPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied HealthOmahaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincolnPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

All 23 Nebraska colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nebraska. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Greater Lincoln Workforce Development Board

    Lancaster, Saunders; City: City of Lincoln

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

    Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York

  • Heartland Workforce Solutions Inc.

    Douglas, Sarpy, Washington

11 American Job Centers in Nebraska

Job fairs and business events in Nebraska

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Nebraska.

Conferences in Nebraska

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Nebraska, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 6 with dates announced.

All conferences

Nebraska counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Nebraska cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Nebraska?

See what to do first, what Nebraska unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Nebraska’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Nebraska unemployment benefits.