Peru, NE jobs, layoffs and employers

Peru is in Nemaha County.

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Peru layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Peru in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Peru

Colleges in Peru
CollegeTypeStudents
Peru State CollegePublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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Nemaha County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 3,253

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 7,035

    people in Nemaha County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $60,132

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.