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Dawson County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dawson County’s unemployment rate is 16.4%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dawson County economy

  • 16.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.7% the month before

  • 11,897

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 24,020

    people in Dawson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $65,383

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 28%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dawson County layoffs

  • 3

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 3,645

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 3

    employers

WARN notices filed in Dawson County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Tyson Extension - LexingtonLexington294—State record
FortrexLexington139—State record
Tyson - LexingtonLexington3,212—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Dawson 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. GPAC5 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

    Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York

  • Lexington Workforce Development

    Lexington · Affiliate · 308-324-2064

    Mon- Fri 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Cities in Dawson County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Dawson 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.