# Counties in Nebraska by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 93 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 341,754 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 176,943 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 83,436 |
| 4 | Hall County | 35,892 |
| 5 | Buffalo County | 28,130 |
| 6 | Madison County | 21,946 |
| 7 | Platte County | 19,915 |
| 8 | Dodge County | 18,382 |
| 9 | Scotts Bluff County | 15,915 |
| 10 | Adams County | 15,654 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 15,243 |
| 12 | Dakota County | 13,970 |
| 13 | Dawson County | 11,738 |
| 14 | Gage County | 8,780 |
| 15 | Washington County | 8,496 |
| 16 | York County | 7,682 |
| 17 | Saline County | 6,630 |
| 18 | Otoe County | 6,278 |
| 19 | Cass County | 6,206 |
| 20 | Saunders County | 6,040 |
| 21 | Seward County | 6,002 |
| 22 | Colfax County | 4,989 |
| 23 | Red Willow County | 4,879 |
| 24 | Phelps County | 4,856 |
| 25 | Custer County | 4,544 |
| 26 | Holt County | 4,344 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 4,042 |
| 28 | Hamilton County | 3,974 |
| 29 | Cheyenne County | 3,963 |
| 30 | Cuming County | 3,865 |
| 31 | Box Butte County | 3,726 |
| 32 | Jefferson County | 3,419 |
| 33 | Thurston County | 3,331 |
| 34 | Keith County | 3,237 |
| 35 | Dawes County | 3,088 |
| 36 | Nemaha County | 2,905 |
| 37 | Knox County | 2,900 |
| 38 | Cedar County | 2,707 |
| 39 | Butler County | 2,644 |
| 40 | Boone County | 2,439 |
| 41 | Fillmore County | 2,378 |
| 42 | Merrick County | 2,349 |
| 43 | Richardson County | 2,318 |
| 44 | Cherry County | 2,263 |
| 45 | Thayer County | 2,208 |
| 46 | Antelope County | 2,198 |
| 47 | Kearney County | 2,060 |
| 48 | Clay County | 2,036 |
| 49 | Pierce County | 1,968 |
| 50 | Valley County | 1,768 |
| 51 | Furnas County | 1,758 |
| 52 | Sheridan County | 1,743 |
| 53 | Chase County | 1,738 |
| 54 | Burt County | 1,734 |
| 55 | Dixon County | 1,692 |
| 56 | Nuckolls County | 1,636 |
| 57 | Howard County | 1,584 |
| 58 | Kimball County | 1,575 |
| 59 | Morrill County | 1,495 |
| 60 | Johnson County | 1,469 |
| 61 | Polk County | 1,418 |
| 62 | Brown County | 1,402 |
| 63 | Stanton County | 1,284 |
| 64 | Perkins County | 1,145 |
| 65 | Webster County | 1,066 |
| 66 | Nance County | 921 |
| 67 | Harlan County | 869 |
| 68 | Franklin County | 784 |
| 69 | Garfield County | 780 |
| 70 | Frontier County | 764 |
| 71 | Pawnee County | 683 |
| 72 | Sherman County | 679 |
| 73 | Hitchcock County | 656 |
| 74 | Dundy County | 650 |
| 75 | Greeley County | 628 |
| 76 | Deuel County | 558 |
| 77 | Boyd County | 537 |
| 78 | Garden County | 487 |
| 79 | Rock County | 462 |
| 80 | Gosper County | 426 |
| 81 | Wheeler County | 303 |
| 82 | Grant County | 293 |
| 83 | Hooker County | 262 |
| 84 | Thomas County | 225 |
| 85 | Hayes County | 190 |
| 86 | Sioux County | 176 |
| 87 | Logan County | 166 |
| 88 | Keya Paha County | 140 |
| 89 | Blaine County | 134 |
| 90 | Banner County | 129 |
| 91 | Loup County | 121 |
| 92 | Arthur County | 80 |
| 93 | McPherson County | 56 |