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Custer County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Custer County’s unemployment rate is 2.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Custer County economy

  • 2.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.4% the month before

  • 5,434

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 10,544

    people in Custer County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,310

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Custer County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Custer 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 Custer 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.

  1. Great Dane4 open roles
  2. Farm Service Agency1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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Cities in Custer County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Custer County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.