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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Nebraska, Iowa > Omaha, NE-IA

Omaha, NE-IA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Omaha Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
County Employment and Wages in Nebraska — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Omaha — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Omaha, NE-IA Economy at a Glance:
Omaha, NE-IA
Data Series Back
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 537.2 541.7 542.8 543.5 (p)542.8  

Employment(1)

 520.6 524.8 524.2 524.9 (p)525.5  

Unemployment(1)

 16.7 16.9 18.6 18.6 (p)17.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 515.6 520.8 523.3 517.6 516.9 (p)516.0

12-month % change

 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 (p)0.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 33.0 33.8 34.4 34.6 34.8 (p)34.7

12-month % change

 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.2 2.1 (p)2.7

Manufacturing(3)

 35.0 34.7 34.6 34.4 34.4 (p)34.2

12-month % change

 -2.5 -3.3 -4.2 -4.7 -4.7 (p)-5.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 92.0 92.2 92.6 92.0 92.0 (p)91.3

12-month % change

 -2.7 -2.6 -2.2 -2.4 -2.5 (p)-2.5

Information(3)

 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 (p)8.5

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.2 -1.2 -1.2 -2.3 (p)1.2

Financial Activities(3)

 39.5 39.7 39.9 39.8 39.6 (p)39.7

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.5 -0.7 -0.3 -0.8 (p)0.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 69.8 69.6 69.7 69.6 68.7 (p)68.1

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.7 -2.9 -2.5 -3.4 (p)-3.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 92.0 92.6 93.4 93.4 93.5 (p)94.0

12-month % change

 4.4 5.1 6.1 5.3 5.1 (p)5.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 57.3 60.4 61.9 61.1 60.3 (p)57.0

12-month % change

 4.0 6.3 5.1 5.2 4.5 (p)-0.3

Other Services(3)

 18.0 18.1 18.1 17.9 18.0 (p)17.7

12-month % change

 2.3 2.8 1.1 0.0 1.1 (p)0.6

Government(3)

 70.4 71.2 70.2 66.3 67.2 (p)70.8

12-month % change

 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.5 2.3 (p)2.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary