State labor market
Nebraska labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Nebraska. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Nebraska hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Nebraska.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Nebraska workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
General and operations managers
24,030estimated employmentHeavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
23,160estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Nebraska figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$84,730/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$110,900/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$60,820/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$72,080/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$62,380/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$110,570/yr Nebraska median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Nebraska occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Nebraska workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Psychiatric technicians$57,370/yr state median · 1,390 workers+27.1%vs. U.S. $45,130/yr
- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers$47,580/yr state median · 8,340 workers+24.2%vs. U.S. $38,300/yr
- Preschool teachers, except special education$47,040/yr state median · 1,630 workers+23.3%vs. U.S. $38,140/yr
- Slaughterers and meat packers$48,910/yr state median · 5,480 workers+21.9%vs. U.S. $40,130/yr
- Parts salespersons$45,100/yr state median · 2,360 workers+16.7%vs. U.S. $38,630/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Marketing managers$110,570/yr state median · 1,910 workers-33.7%vs. U.S. $166,790/yr
- Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors$31,440/yr state median · 2,410 workers-33.3%vs. U.S. $47,160/yr
- Lawyers$109,170/yr state median · 3,490 workers-31.6%vs. U.S. $159,670/yr
- Information security analysts$92,550/yr state median · 1,210 workers-28.4%vs. U.S. $129,180/yr
- Management analysts$75,360/yr state median · 2,740 workers-26.0%vs. U.S. $101,860/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Nebraska
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Nebraska. Links marked “Nebraska report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Nebraska report is available.
630 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.