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Lincoln

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Lincoln Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
County Employment and Wages in Nebraska — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lincoln, NE — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
23324 Unemployment News Release May 2023
QCT CMST test for the CMS & IIS Sites SSL enforced Unemployment News Release Sep 2023
Lincoln, NE Economy at a Glance:
Lincoln, NE
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2024
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025
Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(m)196.2 (m)197.9 (m)197.0 (m)195.9 195.1 (p)198.2

Employment(1)

(m)191.5 (m)192.9 (m)192.0 (m)191.3 189.3 (p)191.8

Unemployment(1)

(m)4.7 (m)5.1 (m)5.0 (m)4.6 5.8 (p)6.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

(m)2.4 (m)2.6 (m)2.5 (m)2.4 3.0 (p)3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

197.4 199.5 199.4 199.3 (p)194.5  

12-month % change

0.7 1.6 0.7 1.1 (p)2.5  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

10.9 11.0 10.9 10.8 (p)10.4  

12-month % change

-1.8 0.0 0.0 0.9 (p)5.1  

Manufacturing(3)

14.9 14.9 14.8 14.7 (p)14.5  

12-month % change

-1.3 -0.7 -2.0 -3.3 (p)-3.3  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

32.7 32.9 33.2 33.4 (p)32.6  

12-month % change

-0.9 -0.3 -1.2 -1.2 (p)1.2  

Information(3)

3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9  

12-month % change

5.6 5.6 8.3 5.4 (p)5.4  

Financial Activities(3)

10.5 10.5 10.6 10.7 (p)10.6  

12-month % change

0.0 -0.9 1.0 1.9 (p)1.9  

Professional and Business Services(3)

20.6 20.6 20.5 20.5 (p)20.0  

12-month % change

-1.0 0.0 -2.8 -2.4 (p)-2.9  

Education and Health Services(3)

33.1 33.7 33.8 33.9 (p)33.5  

12-month % change

3.1 4.3 3.7 4.3 (p)4.0  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

19.9 19.8 19.6 19.4 (p)18.7  

12-month % change

2.1 3.7 1.6 2.1 (p)3.3  

Other Services(3)

8.4 8.5 8.6 8.5 (p)8.5  

12-month % change

1.2 2.4 4.9 3.7 (p)4.9  

Government(3)

42.6 43.8 43.5 43.5 (p)41.8  

12-month % change

1.4 2.3 0.7 2.4 (p)5.6  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary