| AVERAGE ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT | |||||
| Nebraska - Selected Years | |||||
| Total | Non-Farm | ||||
| Labor | Total | Unemployment | Wage & Salary | ||
| Year | Force | Employment | Number | Rate (%) | Employment |
| 1950 | 608,350 | 590,600 | 17,750 | 2.9 | 322,300 |
| 1955 | 618,550 | 600,800 | 17,750 | 2.9 | 358,200 |
| 1960 | 630,200 | 613,000 | 17,200 | 2.7 | 384,400 |
| 1965 | 630,800 | 611,300 | 19,500 | 3.1 | 418,700 |
| 1970 1 | 631,700 | 612,300 | 19,400 | 3.1 | 484,300 |
| 1975 | 706,000 | 663,200 | 42,800 | 6.1 | 557,800 |
| 1976 | 717,100 | 680,900 | 36,200 | 5.0 | 572,100 |
| 1977 2 | 750,000 | 722,000 | 28,000 | 3.7 | 593,700 |
| 1978 | 765,000 | 742,000 | 23,000 | 3.0 | 609,900 |
| 1979 | 763,000 | 739,000 | 24,000 | 3.2 | 631,200 |
| 1980 | 763,000 | 732,000 | 31,000 | 4.1 | 627,600 |
| 1981 | 776,000 | 745,000 | 32,000 | 4.1 | 623,200 |
| 1982 | 789,000 | 741,000 | 48,000 | 6.1 | 609,800 |
| 1983 | 791,000 | 746,000 | 45,000 | 5.7 | 610,800 |
| 1984 | 795,000 | 761,000 | 35,000 | 4.4 | 635,400 |
| 1985 | 806,000 | 762,000 | 44,000 | 5.5 | 650,500 |
| 1986 | 813,000 | 772,000 | 41,000 | 5.0 | 652,500 |
| 1987 | 812,000 | 772,000 | 40,000 | 4.9 | 667,200 |
| 1988 | 819,000 | 789,000 | 29,000 | 3.6 | 688,100 |
| 1989 | 812,000 | 787,000 | 25,000 | 3.1 | 708,000 |
| 1990 | 814,489 | 796,352 | 18,137 | 2.2 | 730,026 |
| 1991 | 835,207 | 812,074 | 23,133 | 2.8 | 739,212 |
| 1992 | 838,476 | 813,076 | 25,400 | 3.0 | 750,153 |
| 1993 | 858,400 | 835,581 | 22,819 | 2.7 | 767,212 |
| 1994 | 880,246 | 854,975 | 25,271 | 2.9 | 796,194 |
| 1995 | 898,113 | 874,357 | 23,756 | 2.6 | 816,367 |
| 1996 | 909,932 | 883,284 | 26,648 | 2.9 | 834,768 |
| 1997 | 905,523 | 881,901 | 23,622 | 2.6 | 854,217 |
| 1998 3 | 935,136 | 909,901 | 25,235 | 2.7 | 876,261 |
| 1999 | 931,859 | 905,213 | 26,646 | 2.9 | 892,699 |
| 2000 | 952,057 | 925,898 | 26,159 | 2.7 | 908,893 |
| 2001 | 955,820 | 925,783 | 30,037 | 3.1 | 913,302 |
| 2002 | 956,813 | 921,201 | 35,611 | 3.7 | 905,629 |
| 2003 | 970,302 | 931,622 | 38,681 | 4.0 | 914,279 |
| 2004 | 977,010 | 938,688 | 38,322 | 3.9 | 922,378 |
| 2005 | 976,306 | 938,459 | 37,846 | 3.9 | 934,952 |
| 2006 | 974,928 | 945,207 | 29,721 | 3.0 | 946,649 |
| 2007 | 983,438 | 953,769 | 26,669 | 3.0 | 961,357 |
| 1 Data for 1970 and later are based on a Labor force concept rather than the Work | |||||
| Force used previously, so the data are not strictly comparable. | |||||
| 2 Data for 1977 and later are not comparable to prior years because of changes in the | |||||
| method of estimating the labor force. | |||||
| 3 1998-2000 numbers revised to March 2001 benchmark. | |||||
| Source: Nebraska Department of Labor, Labor Market Information,Web statistics, 2008 | |||||
| Last Updated: | 6/18/2008 | ||||
| by Nebraska Databook | |||||
| email: | mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov | ||||