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Dawes County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dawes County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dawes County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 3,967

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,212

    people in Dawes County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $54,381

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dawes County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Dawes 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 Dawes 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. gpac2 open roles
  2. Workforce Solutions1 open role

Colleges in Dawes County

Colleges in Dawes County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Chadron State CollegeChadronPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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Cities in Dawes County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Dawes 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.