Social and human service assistants job market in Nebraska
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Nebraska industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Social and human service assistants in Nebraska.
Occupation pay
What Social and human service assistants earn in Nebraska
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$38,940Nebraska- Middle 50% of published wages
- $35,820 – $43,110
- U.S. median annual wage
- $45,930
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Nebraska
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Social and human service assistants, compared with the Nebraska median of $38,940.
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$41,650+7.0% vs. state
Omaha, NE-IA$40,510+4.0% vs. state
Lincoln, NE$39,140+0.5% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Nebraska median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Nebraska’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 12,061 represented establishments, 84.82% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for social and human service assistants in Nebraska
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
This occupation is less concentrated in the state
OEWS May 2025 places Nebraska's share of employment in social and human service assistants at 0.51 times the corresponding national share. The published location quotient expresses that comparison. The state estimate is 1,460 jobs, 0.3% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 1.43 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. Employment concentration does not establish future growth; it describes employment share, not current hiring.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSOEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.
Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution
The leading industry groups examined cover 99.8% of this occupation's national industry mix. Within that comparison for Nebraska in January to March 2026, Private education and health services accounts for 77.7% of the positive weighted contributions, with its own employment changing +2.4% year over year. These contributions weight industry growth by the national industry mix and do not count occupation jobs created.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWPublished median pay is below the U.S. median
Median annual pay in Nebraska stands 15.2% below the U.S. estimate for social and human service assistants. The underlying OEWS May 2025 figures are $38,940 for the state and $45,930 nationally. This is a nominal wage comparison; living costs and individual pay differences are outside its scope.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSEmployment and establishment counts moved apart
The industries that employ this occupation in Nebraska show differing employment and establishment movements in January to March 2026: employment changed +1.9% year over year and the number of establishments changed -1.5%. The data establish the split, but do not explain it.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Nebraska industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Nebraska · 2026 Q1+1.9%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+1.5%
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View every published value
| Quarter | Nebraska | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +3.4% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +3.3% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +3.4% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +3.1% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +2.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +2.1% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +1.8% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +1.9% | 99.87% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Nebraska’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +1.5%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Social and human service assistants Work
The occupation mix determines which Nebraska industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private education and health services | 66.0% | +2.4% | 9,541 | $1,208 |
| State and local | 18.8% | +1.1% | 2,520 | $1,165 |
| Other services | 10.2% | +2.2% | 4,902 | $853 |
| Professional and business services | 2.8% | -3.0% | 17,116 | $1,705 |
| Financial activities | 1.7% | +0.8% | 8,143 | $2,313 |
| Federal | 0.3% | -7.6% | 872 | $1,960 |
Which industries are growing?
4 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Nebraska employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+2.4%
- Other services+2.2%
- State and local+1.1%
- Financial activities+0.8%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Nebraska context
Current Nebraska Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Nebraska. They are not Social and human service assistants demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Nebraska
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 116.96 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 116.76 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 117.28 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 117.97 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 118.56 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 119.29 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 119.99 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 121.09 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 120.88 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 122.17 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 122.05 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 121.79 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 122.63 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 123.57 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide WARN notices
Nebraska statewide1 notice in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Nebraska’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.
Nebraska Department of Labor About WARN data
Source last checked
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Social and human service assistants in Nebraska FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Social and human service assistants in Nebraska?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Nebraska industries weighted to Social and human service assistants changed +1.9% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +1.5% nationwide.
Are wages for Social and human service assistants rising in Nebraska?
QCEW does not publish pay for Social and human service assistants in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +2.6% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Nebraska industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 99.87% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Social and human service assistants openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 99.87% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Social and human service assistants
- SOC code
- 21-1093
- State
- Nebraska
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +1.9%State data coverage 99.87%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +1.5%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +0.4 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- -1.5%State data coverage 99.87%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +2.6%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/social-and-human-service-assistants/nebraska#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.