Sarpy County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sarpy County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 65 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sarpy County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.7% the month before
113,686
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
194,051
people in Sarpy County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$101,402
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sarpy County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
87
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Sarpy County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
May 18, 2026	Republic National Distributing Co	La Vista	87	—	State record

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Employers hiring most in Sarpy 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.

L3HARRIS Technologies4 open roles
Northrop Grumman4 open roles
Bellevue University3 open roles
GPAC3 open roles
Kiewit3 open roles
Olsson3 open roles
Trane U.s.3 open roles
Waste Connections3 open roles
Wesco International3 open roles
BAE Systems2 open roles

Colleges in Sarpy County

Colleges in Sarpy County
College	City	Type	Students
Bellevue University	Bellevue	Private nonprofit 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Heartland Workforce Solutions Inc.
Douglas, Sarpy, Washington

Cities in Sarpy County

La Vista23 jobs
Bellevue17 jobs
Papillion12 jobs
Offutt AFB11 jobs

Other Nebraska counties

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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.