Occupational profile · 2025
Nebraska
Nebraska employs 1,024,370 people. The work it does most unusually is slaughterers and meat packers, at 11.9× the national concentration — 5,480 jobs paying a median of $48,910.
What Nebraska is distinctive for
Detailed occupations ranked by location quotient. A location quotient is an occupation’s share of a state’s jobs divided by its share of the nation’s. One means the state looks like the country; two means twice the concentration. It is a measure of distinctiveness, not of quality, size or pay. Bars use a logarithmic scale so the lower ranks stay legible beside the leader.
- 1Slaughterers and Meat Packers5,480 jobs · median $48,91011.9×
- 2Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers8,340 jobs · median $47,5808.7×
- 3Rail Car Repairers1,130 jobs · median —8.1×
- 4Conveyor Operators and Tenders1,180 jobs · median $43,3607.8×
- 5Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians1,770 jobs · median $49,8107.1×
- 6Agricultural Equipment Operators1,090 jobs · median $46,6705.8×
- 7New Accounts Clerks1,150 jobs · median $47,1404.8×
- 8Childcare Workers9,390 jobs · median $30,7402.8×
- 9Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1,050 jobs · median $47,0802.7×
- 10Highway Maintenance Workers2,580 jobs · median $48,6502.5×
- 11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers3,200 jobs · median $49,5102.4×
- 12Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan2,280 jobs · median $44,1302.3×
What Nebraska is made of
All twenty-two occupational groups by headcount, with the concentration figure beside each. Most states look broadly alike in this view — that is the finding, not a flaw in it.
| Occupation group | Share of state employment | Jobs | vs national | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 117,500 | 1.00× | $45,850 | |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 91,480 | 1.02× | $44,550 | |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations | 90,900 | 1.01× | $31,860 | |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 88,210 | 1.00× | $36,810 | |
| Management Occupations | 75,700 | 1.03× | $104,510 | |
| Production Occupations | 73,420 | 1.30× | $48,000 | |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | 68,630 | 1.06× | $82,080 | |
| Educational Instruction and Library Occupations | 61,960 | 1.03× | $60,190 | |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 58,830 | 0.85× | $71,850 | |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations | 50,780 | 1.20× | $53,800 | |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 45,150 | 1.13× | $58,980 | |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | 41,110 | 0.79× | $38,760 | |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 31,220 | 0.90× | $87,030 | |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations | 29,800 | 0.99× | $37,100 | |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations | 25,060 | 1.17× | $31,840 | |
| Protective Service Occupations | 17,320 | 0.70× | $60,590 | |
| Community and Social Service Occupations | 14,960 | 0.85× | $50,940 | |
| Architecture and Engineering Occupations | 13,200 | 0.77× | $81,040 | |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | 10,790 | 0.80× | $51,020 | |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | 9,410 | 0.97× | $66,950 | |
| Legal Occupations | 5,950 | 0.69× | $84,620 | |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations | 2,960 | 1.03× | $45,560 |
Elsewhere on Nebraska
Blank cells are estimates BLS did not release, usually because too few employers reported. They are shown as gaps rather than filled. Detailed occupations are included only where at least 1,000 people are employed, below which a quotient is survey noise. A wage marked “$239,200 or more” is censored at source: BLS does not publish medians above that figure, so the number is a floor rather than the wage. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). BLS OEWS ↗