Tellers 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 Tellers in Nebraska.
Occupation pay
What Tellers 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
$38,140Nebraska- Middle 50% of published wages
- $36,690 – $42,920
- U.S. median annual wage
- $43,030
- 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 Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.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 Tellers, compared with the Nebraska median of $38,140.
Omaha, NE-IA$39,090+2.5% vs. state
Grand Island, NE$37,440−1.8% vs. state
Lincoln, NE$37,340−2.1% vs. state
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,950−3.1% 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.
Published coverage: 8,143 represented establishments, 97.82% of the published industry mix.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for tellers in Nebraska
The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.
Nebraska is tracking close to the U.S. employment benchmark
Employment across the industries associated with Tellers changed +0.7% year over year in Nebraska, 0.4 percentage points above the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextPublished occupation pay is below the U.S. median
The published median annual wage for Tellers in Nebraska is $38,140, 11.4% below the U.S. median of $43,030.
BLS OEWS occupation pay5 of 6 leading industry groups are growing
5 of the 6 leading weighted industry groups with published values reported employment growth. Private education and health services was strongest at +2.4%.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
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+0.7%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%
View every published value
| Quarter | Nebraska | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +0.5% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +1.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +2.1% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -0.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | -0.6% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | -0.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.2% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +0.7% | 100% |
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
- +0.3%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Tellers Work
The occupation mix determines which Nebraska industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial activities | 97.7% | +0.8% | 8,143 | $2,313 |
| Professional and business services | 2.0% | -3.0% | 17,116 | $1,705 |
| Private education and health services | 0.1% | +2.4% | 9,541 | $1,208 |
| Other services | 0.1% | +2.2% | 4,902 | $853 |
| State and local | 0.1% | +1.1% | 2,520 | $1,165 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 0.0% | +1.2% | 6,016 | $467 |
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%
- Leisure and hospitality+1.2%
- State and local+1.1%
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 Tellers 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
View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 117.04 |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 114.88 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 115.24 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 116.99 |
| 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 |
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 Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Questions answered by this release
Tellers in Nebraska FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Tellers in Nebraska?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Nebraska industries weighted to Tellers changed +0.7% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.
Are wages for Tellers rising in Nebraska?
QCEW does not publish pay for Tellers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +5.5% 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 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Tellers 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 100% · 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
- Tellers
- SOC code
- 43-3071
- State
- Nebraska
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +0.7%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +0.3%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +0.4 percentage points
- Establishments, year over year
- +3.9%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +5.5%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
- Calculation date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/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.