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Dodge County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dodge County’s unemployment rate is 2.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dodge County economy

  • 2.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 20,591

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 37,146

    people in Dodge County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,294

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dodge County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Dodge 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 Dodge 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. Border States2 open roles
  2. Granite Construction Company1 open role
  3. Hobby Lobby1 open role
  4. Oilgear1 open role
  5. Taylor & Martin1 open role
  6. The Reserves Network1 open role
  7. WholeStone Farms1 open role

Colleges in Dodge County

Colleges in Dodge County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Midland UniversityFremontPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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Cities in Dodge County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Dodge 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.