Lancaster County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lancaster County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 210 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lancaster County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.8% the month before
189,208
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
323,673
people in Lancaster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,625
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lancaster County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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.

General Dynamics OTS20 open roles
Olsson9 open roles
Vertiv Holdings9 open roles
Ameritas6 open roles
Assurity6 open roles
Nelnet6 open roles
GPAC5 open roles
Army National Guard Units3 open roles
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems3 open roles
GXO Logistics3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Lancaster County

University of Nebraska-Lincoln5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Lancaster County

Colleges in Lancaster County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln	Public 4-year	20,000+
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Lincoln	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Bryan College of Health Sciences	Lincoln	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Union Adventist University	Lincoln	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Greater Lincoln Workforce Development Board
Lancaster, Saunders; City: City of Lincoln

Lincoln American Job Center (Lancaster and Saunders Counties)
Lincoln · Comprehensive
Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Cities in Lancaster County

Lincoln210 jobs

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Lancaster County?

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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.