Brown County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Brown County economy
2.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.0% the month before
1,662
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,739
people in Brown County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,538
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Brown County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Brown County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Brown County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.