# Cities in Nebraska by employed residents, 2025

All 10 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/nebraska-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Omaha, NE | 258,082 |
| 2 | Lincoln, NE | 168,786 |
| 3 | Bellevue, NE | 32,380 |
| 4 | Grand Island, NE | 28,578 |
| 5 | Kearney, NE | 19,820 |
| 6 | Fremont, NE | 14,569 |
| 7 | Norfolk, NE | 14,056 |
| 8 | Papillion, NE | 13,758 |
| 9 | Hastings, NE | 13,567 |
| 10 | Columbus, NE | 13,018 |