The Nebraska Department of Labor announced Friday that the state’s unemployment rate for April remains steady at 2.5 percent. The rate has not changed since last October and is up 0.5 percentage points from the April 2023 rate of 2.0 percent.
Nebraska’s rate is ranked fourth lowest in the nation.
“Nebraska’s nonfarm employment reached an all-time high in April at 1,063,738,” says Commissioner of Labor John H. Albin. “This was driven by record highs in Omaha and Lincoln of 516,399 and 198,570, respectively.”
Nonfarm employment, a count of filled jobs, was up 7,102 over the month and 18,816 over the year. Private industries with the most growth month to month were mining and construction, leisure and hospitality services and trade, transportation, and utilities.
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