Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid

Douglas County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 93 counties in 2019, at $21.2 billion. McPherson County had the lowest, at $4.08 million. The median was $99.96 million and the figure for Nebraska was $52.38 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest21,204.2Douglas County

Lowest4.1McPherson County

Median10093 counties

Nebraska52,375History

Map of counties, 2019

Under 100
100 to 200
200 to 300
300 and over

USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 USD million	Change on 2018
1	Douglas County	21,204.2	+4.6%
2	Lancaster County	9,147.1	+4.1%
3	Sarpy County	4,490.9	+6.5%
4	Hall County	1,608	+3%
5	Buffalo County	1,258.4	+3.4%
6	Madison County	1,029.4	+4%
7	Platte County	923.1	+2.7%
8	Dodge County	807.1	+4.6%
9	Lincoln County	797.8	-1.3%
10	Scotts Bluff County	764.2	-0.6%
11	Adams County	707.2	+3.3%
12	Dakota County	680.3	+5.9%
13	Dawson County	518.6	+3.3%
14	Washington County	434.9	-5%
15	Gage County	383.4	+3.1%
16	York County	353.7	+1.3%
17	Saline County	340.4	-0%
18	Seward County	295.5	+0.7%
19	Box Butte County	286.3	+0.5%
20	Otoe County	283.3	+7.3%
21	Cass County	266.8	+4.6%
22	Saunders County	254	+6.6%
23	Colfax County	248.9	+3%
24	Phelps County	232.8	+3.9%
25	Red Willow County	223.9	+2.3%
26	Cheyenne County	194.9	-22.5%
27	Holt County	193.8	+1%
28	Custer County	192.1	+2%
29	Hamilton County	176.6	+0.4%
30	Wayne County	174.3	+1.9%
31	Cuming County	172.9	+3.7%
32	Nemaha County	169.7	-1.2%
33	Thurston County	147.4	+8.4%
34	Keith County	140.4	+4.9%
35	Jefferson County	139.6	+4.4%
36	Dawes County	121.5	-1.3%
37	Butler County	117.6	+3.5%
38	Knox County	117.1	+3.1%
39	Clay County	115.8	+1.5%
40	Cedar County	114.3	+3.1%
41	Merrick County	107.7	+0.9%
42	Fillmore County	107.6	+4.5%
43	Thayer County	102.9	0%
44	Richardson County	102.6	+1.9%
45	Antelope County	102.5	+0.8%
46	Boone County	100.3	+4.1%
47	Kearney County	100	+4.6%
48	Cherry County	91.5	+3.2%
49	Stanton County	90.6	-3.9%
50	Pierce County	84.6	+0.8%
51	Furnas County	82.6	+3.7%
52	Chase County	80.3	+5.5%
53	Burt County	78.3	-0.1%
54	Dixon County	77.8	+7.4%
55	Valley County	75.9	+1.6%
56	Morrill County	71.9	+4.8%
57	Johnson County	69.4	-0%
58	Sheridan County	67.6	+3.4%
59	Howard County	66.6	+1.7%
60	Kimball County	65.2	+2.5%
61	Polk County	61.4	+1.9%
62	Perkins County	60	-0.1%
63	Nuckolls County	59.9	+3.1%
64	Brown County	50.6	+3.7%
65	Nance County	48	+2.9%
66	Webster County	39.5	+4.9%
67	Frontier County	35	+5%
68	Harlan County	34.8	+0.5%
69	Pawnee County	34.2	+0.1%
70	Hitchcock County	34	-2.2%
71	Dundy County	30.4	+6.6%
72	Sherman County	30.2	-3.1%
73	Garfield County	29.6	+0.1%
74	Franklin County	28.8	+2.4%
75	Greeley County	26.8	+3.2%
76	Boyd County	23.7	+19.9%
77	Gosper County	23.3	+12.4%
78	Garden County	22.5	-6.9%
79	Rock County	22.4	-2.2%
80	Deuel County	20.9	+3.8%
81	Hooker County	11.9	+2.2%
82	Wheeler County	11.5	-1.7%
83	Thomas County	11.2	+0.2%
84	Sioux County	9.9	+1.6%
85	Hayes County	9.5	+1.4%
86	Banner County	8.6	-1.3%
87	Grant County	7.3	+2.2%
88	Keya Paha County	7.1	+2.9%
89	Logan County	7	+5.3%
90	Blaine County	6.1	-3.9%
91	Arthur County	6.1	-0.7%
92	Loup County	4.5	-0.2%
93	McPherson County	4.1	+4.2%

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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.

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/nebraska-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Douglas County, with $21.2 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

McPherson County, with $4.08 million in 2019.

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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.