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Saline County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Saline County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Saline County economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.1% the month before

  • 7,012

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 14,642

    people in Saline County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,027

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Saline County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Saline 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 Saline 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. Gecko Hospitality1 open role

Colleges in Saline County

Colleges in Saline County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Doane UniversityCretePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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Cities in Saline County

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

Laid off or looking for work in Saline County?

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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.