Average Wage per Job, Nebraska Counties and Metropolitan Areas, 1998 to 2005
FIPS	State/County/Metro Area	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
31000	Nebraska	$25,593	$26,594	$27,724	$28,456	$29,464	$30,423	$31,646	$32,583
31001	Adams	21,655	22,345	23,423	23,986	25,211	26,144	26,718	27,369
31003	Antelope	18,354	18,323	19,115	20,229	21,010	22,260	24,336	25,442
31005	Arthur	15,597	15,154	17,329	19,096	20,227	21,746	23,195	24,187
31007	Banner	24,355	23,451	26,083	27,320	27,994	29,789	32,094	34,399
31009	Blaine	18,827	18,931	20,498	21,062	21,390	22,995	24,947	26,010
31011	Boone	18,377	18,440	19,044	19,991	20,473	21,123	22,025	23,365
31013	Box Butte	27,904	27,961	29,197	30,186	29,728	30,551	33,588	33,960
31015	Boyd	15,963	16,520	16,860	16,877	17,203	17,842	18,772	19,292
31017	Brown	17,158	17,550	19,087	19,776	19,647	20,615	21,758	22,963
31019	Buffalo	22,961	22,948	23,392	24,723	25,294	26,176	27,470	28,537
31021	Burt	19,164	19,313	19,808	20,942	21,695	22,571	23,721	24,765
31023	Butler	19,360	19,743	20,260	20,935	21,744	22,793	24,091	24,828
31025	Cass	21,182	20,958	21,642	21,931	22,867	23,778	25,122	25,872
31027	Cedar	18,733	18,651	19,974	20,720	21,250	21,919	22,559	23,891
31029	Chase	18,598	18,638	20,012	21,225	21,582	22,486	23,598	24,716
31031	Cherry	17,050	16,936	17,921	18,915	19,612	20,338	20,923	21,362
31033	Cheyenne	22,238	21,966	23,311	25,496	26,439	29,965	30,457	30,482
31035	Clay	22,693	22,629	23,756	24,930	25,333	25,908	27,302	27,860
31037	Colfax	20,656	21,827	22,705	23,605	23,622	23,580	24,769	25,953
31039	Cuming	19,349	19,516	20,817	21,814	22,191	23,389	24,405	25,141
31041	Custer	19,216	19,449	20,927	21,918	22,968	24,066	25,047	26,043
31043	Dakota	24,541	24,760	25,434	25,867	26,389	28,158	28,472	30,159
31045	Dawes	17,652	18,083	18,865	19,977	20,344	21,519	22,198	22,699
31047	Dawson	21,653	21,942	22,886	22,808	23,693	25,047	25,149	27,088
31049	Deuel	18,683	18,568	18,967	20,769	21,003	21,879	22,598	22,850
31051	Dixon	19,718	19,957	21,712	21,706	22,098	22,845	23,885	24,792
31053	Dodge	21,150	22,300	23,077	24,227	24,385	24,978	25,776	26,673
31055	Douglas	29,509	31,147	32,483	33,073	34,385	35,567	37,017	38,206
31057	Dundy	19,845	19,985	21,497	21,634	22,590	23,778	25,554	26,285
31059	Fillmore	19,195	19,126	20,670	21,507	22,965	23,374	25,174	25,800
31061	Franklin	15,842	15,662	16,588	17,155	18,164	19,486	21,083	21,152
31063	Frontier	18,667	19,115	19,891	21,254	21,530	22,568	23,879	24,704
31065	Furnas	17,576	18,631	19,520	20,658	21,253	21,689	23,422	23,661
31067	Gage	19,132	20,065	20,656	21,919	22,508	23,573	24,176	24,914
31069	Garden	16,507	15,634	17,165	18,411	18,826	19,645	21,204	21,743
31071	Garfield	15,342	16,173	16,457	16,904	17,112	17,977	18,370	19,271
31073	Gosper	16,574	16,238	17,870	19,397	19,783	20,467	21,672	22,315
31075	Grant	15,370	15,262	16,841	18,735	18,111	18,840	20,158	21,208
31077	Greeley	16,734	16,976	18,094	19,140	19,770	20,471	20,949	21,831
31079	Hall	22,703	23,039	24,027	24,826	26,043	26,722	27,528	28,356
31081	Hamilton	20,697	21,610	22,906	23,116	24,044	25,379	26,221	27,419
31083	Harlan	17,929	18,116	18,169	19,257	19,452	19,929	21,451	22,454
31085	Hayes	14,984	14,311	15,981	16,478	17,006	16,477	17,986	19,081
31087	Hitchcock	18,036	17,754	19,125	19,902	21,052	21,798	23,293	24,911
31089	Holt	16,965	17,046	18,333	19,111	19,979	20,552	22,269	23,212
31091	Hooker	17,047	16,251	16,262	16,788	17,483	17,976	18,566	19,441
31093	Howard	16,405	17,127	17,847	18,867	19,497	20,534	21,378	22,221
31095	Jefferson	20,020	20,394	21,105	21,879	23,190	24,202	25,638	26,372
31097	Johnson	18,552	19,268	20,247	20,001	22,292	24,130	25,063	25,741
31099	Kearney	19,938	20,274	21,146	21,982	22,486	23,138	23,896	25,389
31101	Keith	18,660	19,572	20,215	20,755	21,331	21,406	22,698	23,340
31103	Keya Paha	12,349	12,725	13,673	14,961	15,136	15,338	16,670	17,243
31105	Kimball	18,643	18,467	20,071	20,542	20,931	21,732	23,014	24,264
31107	Knox	16,054	15,747	17,013	17,837	18,331	18,946	19,742	20,688
31109	Lancaster	26,551	27,329	28,397	29,258	30,287	30,922	31,984	32,635
31111	Lincoln	25,386	26,131	26,751	27,866	28,539	29,200	30,413	31,196
31113	Logan	17,250	17,725	17,735	19,073	19,884	21,891	23,821	24,970
31115	Loup	17,090	17,407	18,144	18,759	18,516	20,595	22,087	23,145
31117	McPherson	12,359	12,000	14,042	14,735	15,177	16,076	17,859	17,990
31119	Madison	21,762	22,504	22,855	23,520	24,558	25,165	26,222	26,957
31121	Merrick	19,189	19,608	21,031	22,175	22,932	23,287	24,503	25,221
31123	Morrill	17,267	17,657	18,883	20,814	21,259	22,638	23,599	25,366
31125	Nance	15,347	15,733	16,598	17,323	18,529	18,882	19,762	20,231
31127	Nemaha	29,797	30,224	32,786	35,314	34,394	36,441	44,187	38,497
31129	Nuckolls	16,427	16,571	17,290	18,373	19,291	19,677	20,322	21,037
31131	Otoe	20,344	21,071	21,968	22,499	23,526	24,386	25,364	26,198
31133	Pawnee	18,150	18,538	18,756	19,905	20,792	21,544	22,617	23,580
31135	Perkins	19,183	19,735	21,126	22,172	22,218	24,135	25,053	25,835
31137	Phelps	22,602	23,256	23,941	24,539	25,116	26,035	27,276	27,938
31139	Pierce	17,424	17,222	17,571	18,746	19,185	19,736	21,277	22,487
31141	Platte	23,418	24,093	25,049	25,408	26,257	26,970	27,686	28,774
31143	Polk	18,325	19,032	20,226	21,940	22,428	23,241	24,109	25,529
31145	Red Willow	19,408	19,643	20,249	21,622	22,340	23,472	24,523	25,230
31147	Richardson	18,151	18,594	19,376	19,968	20,325	21,113	21,774	22,311
31149	Rock	16,540	16,984	17,211	18,241	18,539	18,972	20,608	21,809
31151	Saline	22,327	22,335	24,233	25,195	26,181	27,368	29,227	30,159
31153	Sarpy	28,806	29,809	31,026	31,431	33,107	33,913	34,926	35,605
31155	Saunders	18,716	19,725	20,908	21,717	22,309	22,932	23,820	24,946
31157	Scotts Bluff	21,788	22,621	23,518	25,004	25,385	26,042	27,258	28,232
31159	Seward	20,952	21,771	22,535	23,432	24,065	24,104	25,099	26,641
31161	Sheridan	15,796	16,100	16,936	17,718	18,147	18,901	19,763	20,415
31163	Sherman	16,262	16,611	17,229	18,598	18,441	19,446	19,940	20,255
31165	Sioux	15,904	15,972	17,771	19,477	19,210	20,802	21,742	23,717
31167	Stanton	32,576	31,124	32,925	35,356	34,294	36,189	37,555	39,614
31169	Thayer	19,204	19,130	20,022	20,862	21,511	22,612	24,262	24,769
31171	Thomas	16,554	16,548	18,279	19,626	19,234	21,057	21,850	21,256
31173	Thurston	21,156	21,595	22,318	23,658	24,910	25,600	26,988	28,151
31175	Valley	17,977	17,940	19,048	19,785	19,857	20,671	21,729	22,699
31177	Washington	26,345	28,277	28,573	30,374	32,021	33,467	34,699	36,020
31179	Wayne	19,507	19,511	19,953	20,719	21,653	22,135	22,898	23,840
31181	Webster	18,708	18,823	19,871	20,718	21,077	21,395	22,487	23,432
31183	Wheeler	21,449	19,802	23,496	25,377	25,025	27,111	29,645	32,905
31185	York	21,942	22,556	23,387	24,288	24,571	27,842	29,205	30,043
30700	Lincoln, NE (MSA)	$26,310	$27,098	$28,149	$29,023	$30,045	$30,653	$31,723	$32,406
36540	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA (MSA)	28,482	29,934	31,198	31,810	33,088	34,200	35,552	36,667
43580	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (MSA)	25,906	26,682	27,814	28,042	28,476	29,369	30,512	30,880
13100	Beatrice, NE Micropolitan SA	19,132	20,065	20,656	21,919	22,508	23,573	24,176	24,914
18100	Columbus, NE Micropolitan SA	23,418	24,093	25,049	25,408	26,257	26,970	27,686	28,774
23340	Fremont, NE Micropolitan SA	21,150	22,300	23,077	24,227	24,385	24,978	25,776	26,673
24260	Grand Island, NE Micropolitan SA	22,228	22,573	23,574	24,380	25,536	26,204	27,049	27,886
25580	Hastings, NE Micropolitan SA	21,809	22,387	23,476	24,115	25,228	26,109	26,802	27,439
28260	Kearney, NE Micropolitan SA	22,679	22,705	23,197	24,486	25,070	25,928	27,173	28,283
30420	Lexington, NE Micropolitan SA	21,421	21,676	22,658	22,643	23,508	24,834	24,994	26,869
35740	Norfolk, NE Micropolitan SA	22,002	22,542	22,972	23,745	24,657	25,294	26,408	27,271
35820	North Platte, NE Micropolitan SA	25,213	25,950	26,567	27,688	28,365	29,047	30,282	31,058
42420	Scottsbluff, NE Micropolitan SA	21,812	22,629	23,542	25,026	25,408	26,077	27,303	28,289
89420	Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA (CSA)	28,212	29,656	30,895	31,529	32,759	33,855	35,191	36,307
89512	Sioux City-Vermillion, IA-NE-SD (CSA)	25,354	26,357	27,403	27,517	27,962	28,809	29,884	30,239
	Kearney, NE (EA)	NA	NA	22,904	23,767	24,586	25,437	26,415	27,353
	Lincoln, NE (EA)	NA	NA	26,837	27,754	28,689	29,498	30,707	31,312
	Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA (EA)	NA	NA	29,779	30,400	31,581	32,641	33,972	35,037
	Rapid City, SD (EA)	NA	NA	22,714	23,711	24,709	25,490	26,481	27,272
	Scotts Bluff, NE (EA)	NA	NA	23,038	24,388	24,761	25,879	27,207	28,074
	Sioux City-Vermillion, IA-NE-SD (EA)	NA	NA	24,287	24,802	25,503	26,276	27,403	28,127
31998	Nebraska Metropolitan Portion	28,234	29,537	30,758	31,383	32,595	33,576	34,834	35,824
31999	Nebraska Nonmetropolitan Portion	21,247	21,682	22,589	23,528	24,204	25,122	26,244	27,093
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, July 2007
Last Updated:		26-Sep-07
e-mail:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov