Box Butte County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Box Butte County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Box Butte County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
5,020
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,754
people in Box Butte County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,778
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Box Butte County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Box Butte County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Cascades Healthcare1 open role
City of Alliance1 open role
Vetter Senior Living1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board
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Laid off or looking for work in Box Butte County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Nebraska’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.