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Nebraska: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Nebraska from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20262.9%#6 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20253.0%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 20251.10M+1.9% on a year earlier

Employed, 20251.07M32,721 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	3.0%	1,099,140	1,066,419	32,721
2024	2.7%	1,078,216	1,048,970	29,246
2023	2.3%	1,065,182	1,040,693	24,489
2022	2.2%	1,056,496	1,033,170	23,326
2021	2.7%	1,046,091	1,018,282	27,809
2020	4.3%	1,044,342	999,902	44,440
2019	3.1%	1,049,093	1,016,556	32,537
2018	2.9%	1,033,640	1,003,630	30,010
2017	3.0%	1,021,547	991,407	30,140
2016	3.1%	1,021,445	989,615	31,830
2015	3.0%	1,015,233	984,925	30,308
2014	3.2%	1,016,558	983,565	32,993
2013	3.7%	1,019,791	981,813	37,978
2012	3.9%	1,016,840	977,263	39,577
2011	4.4%	1,005,791	961,685	44,106
2010	4.7%	993,916	947,668	46,248
2009	4.6%	994,670	948,668	46,002
2008	3.2%	996,118	963,903	32,215
2007	3.0%	986,799	957,575	29,224
2006	3.1%	977,511	947,634	29,877
2005	3.8%	977,778	940,654	37,124
2004	3.9%	978,364	940,514	37,850
2003	3.9%	970,763	932,716	38,047
2002	3.7%	955,349	920,300	35,049
2001	3.2%	947,999	918,106	29,893
2000	2.8%	941,482	914,937	26,545
1999	2.8%	931,894	906,265	25,629
1998	2.5%	928,647	905,196	23,451
1997	2.4%	921,451	899,334	22,117
1996	2.7%	917,096	892,309	24,787
1995	2.6%	903,083	879,342	23,741
1994	2.6%	883,742	860,370	23,372
1993	2.8%	860,831	837,095	23,736
1992	2.8%	843,890	820,198	23,692
1991	2.6%	833,208	811,259	21,949
1990	2.3%	815,248	796,224	19,024
1989	2.9%	796,551	773,597	22,954
1988	3.5%	796,252	768,461	27,791
1987	4.3%	794,250	759,882	34,368
1986	4.9%	797,269	758,519	38,750
1985	5.1%	790,995	750,677	40,318
1984	4.4%	778,885	744,375	34,510
1983	5.5%	778,272	735,136	43,136
1982	5.5%	775,745	733,194	42,551
1981	4.1%	768,886	737,139	31,747
1980	3.8%	762,797	733,546	29,251
1979	2.9%	759,449	737,550	21,899
1978	3.0%	752,855	730,576	22,279
1977	3.4%	740,271	715,354	24,917
1976	3.2%	715,076	692,532	22,544

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.