Kearney, NE jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Kearney
- Assistant Project Manager UtilityIES Holdings
- Licensed Civil Engineer - Site Design/MunicipalOlsson
- Entry Level RecruiterGPAC
- Remote Client Services AssociateDestinationswithdunn
- Construction AdministratorWilkins Architecture Design Planning
- Parts Manager KearneyCLAAS of America
- Outside Sales RepresentativeCharter Communications
- Branch Sales ManagerApplied Industrial Technologies
- Sr. Engineering SpecialistWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Lean ManagerWest Pharmaceutical Services
Employers hiring most in Kearney
- West Pharmaceutical Services4 open roles
- Wilkins Architecture Design Planning2 open roles
- Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
- Buckle1 open role
- Century Group1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
- CLAAS of America1 open role
- Commonspirit Health1 open role
- Commonspirit Health1 open role
- Destinationswithdunn1 open role
Kearney layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Kearney in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Kearney
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska at Kearney | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Job fairs and business events in Kearney
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Kearney.
- Pitch eventNov 4, 2026 · Kearney, NE
College: University of Nebraska at Kearney
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kearney. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board
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Buffalo County economy
2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.4% the month before
28,872
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
50,323
people in Buffalo County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,570
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Kearney?
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.