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Platte County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Platte County’s unemployment rate is 2.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 21 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Platte County economy

  • 2.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.5% the month before

  • 18,995

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 34,358

    people in Platte County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $72,335

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Platte County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Platte 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 Platte 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. BD, Becton and Dickinson2 open roles
  2. Caesars Entertainment2 open roles
  3. GPAC2 open roles
  4. Vishay2 open roles
  5. Vishay Intertechnology2 open roles
  6. Aerotek1 open role
  7. Amazon1 open role
  8. Becton Dickinson1 open role
  9. Becton Dickinson & Company1 open role
  10. Behlen1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Platte 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

  • Columbus Career Center

    Columbus · Comprehensive · 402-564-7160

    8:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday

Cities in Platte County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Platte 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.