Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid

Douglas County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 93 counties in 2013, at $16.67 billion. McPherson County had the lowest, at $2.97 million. The median was $76.2 million and the figure for Nebraska was $41.52 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest16,669Douglas County

Lowest3McPherson County

Median76.293 counties

Nebraska41,516.4History

Map of counties, 2013

Under 100
100 to 300
300 and over

USD million, 2013. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2013

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2013 USD million	Change on 2012
1	Douglas County	16,669	+2.8%
2	Lancaster County	7,090.4	+2.8%
3	Sarpy County	3,159.7	+3.2%
4	Hall County	1,344	+2.6%
5	Buffalo County	1,003.5	+1%
6	Madison County	807.8	+3.7%
7	Platte County	747	+1%
8	Lincoln County	720.9	-1.7%
9	Scotts Bluff County	682.4	-1.3%
10	Dodge County	611.1	+3.9%
11	Adams County	576.4	+0.1%
12	Dakota County	468.5	+4%
13	Washington County	454	+5.5%
14	Dawson County	406.9	+2%
15	Cheyenne County	324.7	+5.4%
16	Gage County	314.3	+2.5%
17	York County	300.3	+2.9%
18	Saline County	278.3	+2.6%
19	Box Butte County	261.6	+0.8%
20	Seward County	251.2	+3.5%
21	Otoe County	228.9	+0.9%
22	Red Willow County	203.9	+1.9%
23	Cass County	198.3	+4.8%
24	Phelps County	187	+3.8%
25	Colfax County	186.3	+5.7%
26	Saunders County	181.8	+4.1%
27	Holt County	162.6	+3%
28	Nemaha County	157.4	-0.9%
29	Custer County	150.3	+6.1%
30	Cuming County	141.9	+3.5%
31	Wayne County	140.1	+2.6%
32	Hamilton County	132.9	+2.1%
33	Thurston County	121.9	+0.2%
34	Jefferson County	112.6	+2.2%
35	Keith County	111.8	+3.4%
36	Dawes County	109.9	+0.6%
37	Clay County	105.4	+4%
38	Thayer County	100.6	+5.3%
39	Cedar County	97.7	+0.2%
40	Butler County	96.9	+0.5%
41	Knox County	92.5	+5%
42	Merrick County	87.7	+5.9%
43	Fillmore County	85.3	+3.6%
44	Richardson County	83.9	+2.2%
45	Kearney County	83	+1%
46	Boone County	80.5	+3.5%
47	Antelope County	76.2	+3.1%
48	Stanton County	75.2	+0.6%
49	Cherry County	73.1	+0.3%
50	Pierce County	72.6	+2%
51	Chase County	69.7	+6.7%
52	Furnas County	68.6	+2.4%
53	Burt County	68.2	+3.3%
54	Kimball County	65.9	+0.4%
55	Morrill County	62.3	+8.1%
56	Dixon County	61.4	+2.1%
57	Valley County	61.4	+1.8%
58	Johnson County	58.9	-0.5%
59	Sheridan County	53.9	+2%
60	Howard County	51.8	+5.3%
61	Polk County	50.6	+1.7%
62	Perkins County	49.3	+2.8%
63	Nuckolls County	46.1	+0.7%
64	Nance County	41	+1.4%
65	Brown County	40.4	+4.1%
66	Webster County	32.4	+0.7%
67	Pawnee County	31.5	+3.8%
68	Hitchcock County	29.9	-0.2%
69	Frontier County	28.4	+3.5%
70	Harlan County	27.8	-1.1%
71	Dundy County	27.6	+5.5%
72	Garfield County	25.8	+5.4%
73	Franklin County	25.7	-1.4%
74	Sherman County	24.7	-1.5%
75	Greeley County	22.3	+1.5%
76	Garden County	20.5	-0.4%
77	Deuel County	19.5	-0.5%
78	Gosper County	19.1	+1.6%
79	Rock County	17.6	+1.1%
80	Boyd County	16.1	+1.3%
81	Hooker County	10.1	-3%
82	Thomas County	9.7	+8.5%
83	Wheeler County	9.1	+1.9%
84	Banner County	8.3	+2.2%
85	Hayes County	8.3	+2%
86	Sioux County	8.2	+1.5%
87	Logan County	6.4	-0.8%
88	Grant County	5.7	0%
89	Keya Paha County	5.4	+1%
90	Blaine County	5.3	-2.6%
91	Arthur County	4.7	+0.9%
92	Loup County	3.5	+1%
93	McPherson County	3	+5.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip

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CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid, 2013. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/nebraska-counties?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/nebraska-counties?period=2013.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/nebraska-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Douglas County, with $16.67 billion in 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

McPherson County, with $2.97 million in 2013.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.