Nebraska Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 742,000 | - | 3.0 | - |
| 1979 | 739,000 | -0.4 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| 1980 | 732,000 | -0.9 | 4.1 | 0.9 |
| 1981 | 745,000 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 741,000 | -0.5 | 6.1 | 2.0 |
| 1983 | 746,000 | 0.7 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| 1984 | 761,000 | 2.0 | 4.4 | -1.3 |
| 1985 | 762,000 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 772,000 | 1.3 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| 1987 | 772,000 | 0.0 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| 1988 | 789,000 | 2.2 | 3.5 | -1.4 |
| 1989 | 787,000 | -0.3 | 3.1 | -0.5 |
| 1990 | 796,352 | 1.2 | 2.2 | -0.9 |
| 1991 | 812,074 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | 813,076 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| 1993 | 835,581 | 2.8 | 2.7 | -0.4 |
| 1994 | 854,975 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 882,603 | 3.2 | 2.6 | -0.3 |
| 1996 | 896,132 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 904,492 | 0.9 | 2.4 | -0.3 |
| 1998 | 914,644 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 916,270 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 923,198 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 925,783 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 921,201 | -0.5 | 3.7 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 931,622 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 938,105 | 0.7 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 937,964 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 945,288 | 0.8 | 3.0 | -0.8 |
| 2007 | 955,678 | 1.1 | 2.9 | -0.1 |
| 2008 | 962,418 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 858,550 | 3.4 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 867,749 | 3.7 | 2.8 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 873,455 | 4.1 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 881,215 | 3.8 | 2.5 | -0.2 |
| May | 882,548 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 889,724 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 897,787 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 891,236 | 3.1 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 880,909 | 2.9 | 2.3 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 894,053 | 3.5 | 2.4 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 890,686 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 883,323 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| 1996-Jan | 870,738 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 880,140 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 885,670 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 891,759 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| May | 897,755 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 906,437 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 912,802 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 904,224 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 895,714 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 906,516 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 903,835 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 897,994 | 1.7 | 2.4 | -0.2 |
| 1997-Jan | 883,224 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 887,252 | 0.8 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 895,859 | 1.2 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 903,446 | 1.3 | 2.2 | -0.5 |
| May | 908,276 | 1.2 | 2.4 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 912,077 | 0.6 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 918,793 | 0.7 | 2.5 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 910,053 | 0.6 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 898,901 | 0.4 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 911,165 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 914,493 | 1.2 | 1.8 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 910,367 | 1.4 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
| 1998-Jan | 896,632 | 1.5 | 2.8 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 903,129 | 1.8 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 907,460 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 915,953 | 1.4 | 2.0 | -0.1 |
| May | 917,964 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 923,185 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 928,968 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 918,345 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 910,465 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 919,377 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 919,848 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 914,400 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
| 1999-Jan | 902,407 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 905,449 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 909,858 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 912,835 | -0.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
| May | 918,244 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 924,961 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 928,398 | -0.1 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 918,862 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 910,808 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 921,463 | 0.2 | 2.3 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 923,313 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 918,643 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| 2000-Jan | 908,364 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 916,268 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 919,721 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 927,533 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 925,639 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 933,711 | 0.9 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 933,360 | 0.5 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 924,046 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 914,346 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 925,232 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 925,675 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 924,486 | 0.6 | 2.6 | -0.1 |
| 2001-Jan | 915,757 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 921,519 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 925,423 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 931,924 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| May | 932,404 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 936,793 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 939,164 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 923,078 | -0.1 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 918,933 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 925,790 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 921,922 | -0.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 916,685 | -0.8 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| 2002-Jan | 898,163 | -1.9 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 913,509 | -0.9 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 914,232 | -1.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| Apr | 920,399 | -1.2 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| May | 923,531 | -1.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 927,902 | -0.9 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 930,493 | -0.9 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 922,156 | -0.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 922,728 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 930,789 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 926,897 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 923,615 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| 2003-Jan | 917,406 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 925,459 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 926,947 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 935,633 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 935,109 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 939,040 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 938,723 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 931,174 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 924,696 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 936,767 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 936,447 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 932,060 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| 2004-Jan | 922,446 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 928,350 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 929,757 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 939,648 | 0.4 | 3.7 | -0.2 |
| May | 942,338 | 0.8 | 3.8 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 949,280 | 1.1 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 954,564 | 1.7 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 943,331 | 1.3 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 933,341 | 0.9 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 941,419 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 940,358 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 932,433 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 2005-Jan | 921,733 | -0.1 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 929,471 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 931,661 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 938,448 | -0.1 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 941,517 | -0.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 946,554 | -0.3 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 950,871 | -0.4 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 941,284 | -0.2 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 934,324 | 0.1 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 944,613 | 0.3 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 940,304 | 0.0 | 3.5 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 934,782 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| 2006-Jan | 923,475 | 0.2 | 3.7 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 933,310 | 0.4 | 3.4 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 935,473 | 0.4 | 3.2 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 943,476 | 0.5 | 3.0 | -0.9 |
| May | 947,377 | 0.6 | 2.9 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 954,302 | 0.8 | 3.1 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 956,011 | 0.5 | 3.4 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 947,687 | 0.7 | 3.0 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 942,996 | 0.9 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 955,671 | 1.2 | 2.6 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 953,772 | 1.4 | 2.7 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 949,904 | 1.6 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 2007-Jan | 935,264 | 1.3 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 941,656 | 0.9 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 947,944 | 1.3 | 2.8 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 953,137 | 1.0 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
| May | 958,255 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 965,266 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 968,765 | 1.3 | 3.3 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 957,456 | 1.0 | 2.8 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 955,987 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 962,872 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 964,960 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 956,579 | 0.7 | 2.6 | -0.2 |
| 2008-Jan | 949,806 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 953,328 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 957,858 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 968,892 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 970,100 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 974,246 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 976,063 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 964,420 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 957,811 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 965,227 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 961,025 | -0.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 950,234 | -0.7 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
| 2009-Jan | 930,986 | -2.0 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| Feb | 938,743 | -1.5 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 936,568 | -2.2 | 5.0 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 945,768 | -2.4 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| May | 943,022 | -2.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 945,789 | -2.9 | 5.1 | 1.7 |
| Jul | 947,355 | -2.9 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| Aug | 933,252 | -3.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 929,241 | -3.0 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 935,154 | -3.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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