Counties in Nebraska by wages and salaries paid

Douglas County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 93 counties in 2021, at $23.39 billion. McPherson County had the lowest, at $4.26 million. The median was $103.94 million and the figure for Nebraska was $57.59 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest23,387.3Douglas County

Lowest4.3McPherson County

Median103.993 counties

Nebraska57,591.3History

Map of counties, 2021

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200 to 400
400 and over

USD million, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	Douglas County	23,387.3	+6.8%
2	Lancaster County	10,019.2	+6.9%
3	Sarpy County	5,054.8	+7.5%
4	Hall County	1,844.2	+10.4%
5	Buffalo County	1,375.8	+7.3%
6	Madison County	1,147.6	+8.1%
7	Platte County	1,013.5	+7.5%
8	Dodge County	933.1	+5.5%
9	Lincoln County	849.8	+6.1%
10	Scotts Bluff County	801.4	+4.2%
11	Dakota County	783.5	+13%
12	Adams County	764	+5.9%
13	Dawson County	564	+3.5%
14	Washington County	486.8	+8.5%
15	Gage County	406.6	+4.8%
16	York County	391.9	+8.2%
17	Saline County	360.6	-1.3%
18	Otoe County	315.4	+7.2%
19	Seward County	303.3	+3.8%
20	Cass County	294.2	+5.2%
21	Colfax County	287.2	+4.8%
22	Saunders County	279.5	+6.1%
23	Box Butte County	261	+2.4%
24	Phelps County	252.9	+6.8%
25	Red Willow County	238.5	+5.4%
26	Holt County	207.9	+3.9%
27	Custer County	205.1	+5.6%
28	Hamilton County	202.9	+8.3%
29	Cheyenne County	189.9	+1.5%
30	Cuming County	189.9	+5.1%
31	Wayne County	184.3	+4.8%
32	Nemaha County	177.1	0%
33	Thurston County	168.4	+4.6%
34	Keith County	154.2	+8.3%
35	Jefferson County	152.6	+5.9%
36	Dawes County	130.2	+4.8%
37	Knox County	123.6	+1.5%
38	Cedar County	123.6	+7%
39	Clay County	123.5	+5.2%
40	Butler County	122.5	+1.9%
41	Fillmore County	117.7	+8.2%
42	Thayer County	113.3	+5.1%
43	Antelope County	112.2	-14%
44	Richardson County	111.9	+4.7%
45	Boone County	105.7	+5.3%
46	Merrick County	104.5	+5.3%
47	Kearney County	103.9	+2.1%
48	Stanton County	101.8	+11.7%
49	Cherry County	99.7	+9.6%
50	Pierce County	93.9	+5.9%
51	Dixon County	89.5	+7.6%
52	Furnas County	89.4	+4.3%
53	Burt County	86.5	+6.4%
54	Chase County	82.3	+0.5%
55	Valley County	80.3	+1.2%
56	Morrill County	78.5	+6.5%
57	Sheridan County	74.8	+6.4%
58	Howard County	71.9	+5.5%
59	Johnson County	68.7	-1%
60	Kimball County	66.3	+1.7%
61	Polk County	65.9	+5.3%
62	Nuckolls County	65.5	+5.5%
63	Perkins County	64.3	+4.5%
64	Brown County	53.5	+3.3%
65	Nance County	46	+2.2%
66	Webster County	43	+5.2%
67	Pawnee County	38.9	+7.8%
68	Harlan County	37.9	+7.4%
69	Hitchcock County	35.7	+2.9%
70	Frontier County	35	+4.3%
71	Garfield County	32.3	+3.2%
72	Sherman County	31.5	+4.3%
73	Franklin County	31.5	+6.8%
74	Dundy County	31	+6%
75	Greeley County	29.7	+6.2%
76	Gosper County	27.3	+14.5%
77	Rock County	24.9	+6.1%
78	Garden County	23.6	+7.9%
79	Deuel County	21.7	+3.6%
80	Boyd County	20.7	+2%
81	Hooker County	13.4	+9.9%
82	Thomas County	12	-1.4%
83	Wheeler County	11.3	+4.2%
84	Sioux County	10.2	+4.6%
85	Hayes County	9.6	+1.9%
86	Banner County	8.8	+6%
87	Grant County	7.8	+6.8%
88	Logan County	7.2	+2.2%
89	Keya Paha County	6.9	+0.3%
90	Blaine County	6.3	+4.1%
91	Arthur County	6.2	+4.7%
92	Loup County	4.8	+3.9%
93	McPherson County	4.3	+11.5%

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.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Douglas County, with $23.39 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

McPherson County, with $4.26 million in 2021.

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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.