Saunders County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Saunders County’s unemployment rate is 2.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Saunders County economy

2.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.4% the month before
12,880
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
22,761
people in Saunders County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$89,395
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Saunders County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Saunders 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 Saunders 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.

Caswell, Plager & Westerhold1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

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Laid off or looking for work in Saunders 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.