Best jobs in Nebraska
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Nebraska, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Nebraska (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Nebraska pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$646,300 vs $496,010 · +30.3%
$132,130 vs $132,300 · -0.1%
$29,000 vs $31,200 · -7.1%
$507,770 vs $358,550 · +41.6%
$359,580 vs $328,730 · +9.4%
$98,230 vs $120,230 · -18.3%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 661 scored occupations — show all 661show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
138
$57,770
+3.1%
26
143
$64,030
+0.3%
26
196
$60,630
+3.7%
22
250
$84,400
+1.9%
19
251
$44,910
+6.3%
19
309
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$46,810
+4.6%
17
399
$57,820
+2.3%
14
471
$48,760
+2.0%
12
503
$52,360
+1.2%
11
544
$48,690
-12.1%
9
562
$48,500
-3.8%
9
579
$47,080
-4.3%
9
602
$48,500
-12.0%
8
608
$49,040
-13.7%
7
623
$47,350
-13.6%
7
647
$37,630
-1.1%
6
650
$36,760
-9.0%
5
Live jobs in Nebraska
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No placeholder listings · nothing invented Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.