Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

215 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3100001.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	1,330
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,280
Retail Salespersons	1,160
General and Operations Managers	1,020
Nursing Assistants	1,000
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	950
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	800
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	780
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	780
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	700
Stockers and Order Fillers	660
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	560
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	530
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	520
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	500
Office Clerks, General	490
Waiters and Waitresses	460
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	430
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	420
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	390

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	22.65	220
Agricultural Equipment Operators	18.72	130
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	17.57	100
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	13.78	110
Highway Maintenance Workers	8.98	350
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	5.73	190
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.60	100
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	3.44	120
Tellers	3.36	280
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	3.31	150
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	3.31	110
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	3.23	240
Loan Officers	3.00	210
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2.92	290
Parts Salespersons	2.90	200
Nursing Assistants	2.75	1,000
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	2.59	340
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.53	280
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.25	800
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.99	260

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Dentists, General	$176,300
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$163,640
Nurse Practitioners	$135,200
Pharmacists	$132,490
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$130,410
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,700
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$119,030
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$117,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,190
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$104,870
Veterinarians	$103,060
Physical Therapists	$101,780
Construction Managers	$99,530
Software Developers	$99,050
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$99,000
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$97,750
Sales Managers	$97,250
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$95,090
Project Management Specialists	$94,600
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$94,190

All 215 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$63,730	0.86
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$91,040	0.69
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	130	$46,520	18.72
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$31,180	0.58
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	70	$50,000	1.81
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	230	$46,910	1.28
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$32,750	1.83
Bakers `51-3011`	50	$29,800	0.85
Bartenders `35-3011`	340	$28,610	1.78
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$37,270	1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	160	$43,950	1.62
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	500	$42,180	1.45
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	160	$38,780	1.56
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	40	$32,850	1.04
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	140	$52,680	1.88
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	90	$36,540	2.75
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$74,620	0.80
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	100	$65,270	3.60
Carpenters `47-2031`	160	$46,950	0.94
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,330	$29,610	1.71
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	100	$50,010	1.98
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$163,640	1.16
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	290	$46,410	2.92
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	260	$29,570	1.99
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	70	$95,090	0.75
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$33,090	1.00
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	90	$60,020	1.10
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$47,770	0.60
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$52,250	0.44
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$55,640	1.08
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	40	$44,080	0.91
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$75,850	0.29
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$57,280	0.57
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$117,300	0.28
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	330	$42,310	1.21
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$99,530	1.13
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	30	$87,640	2.80
Conveyor Operators and Tenders `53-7011`	100	$40,460	17.57
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	140	$30,350	0.86
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	280	$35,350	2.53
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	210	$33,600	0.58
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	70	$28,080	2.10
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	110	$41,340	1.19
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$75,800	0.69
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	130	$30,910	1.32
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	150	$46,870	3.31
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	320	$40,200	0.49
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	80	$28,080	2.65
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$45,930	1.07
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$89,710	1.12
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$176,300	1.15
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	80	$28,510	0.59
Dishwashers `35-9021`	80	$28,080	0.64
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	Not available	1.19
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	120	$35,060	1.13
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$104,870	1.53
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	40	$81,470	0.98
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$66,050	1.13
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	190	$88,290	5.73
Electricians `47-2111`	140	$58,480	0.74
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	530	$62,160	1.52
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$45,870	1.36
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	40	$54,090	4.03
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$53,810	0.41
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	30	$29,380	0.42
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$119,030	1.04
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	220	$49,030	22.65
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	30	$35,160	0.46
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	110	$37,220	13.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,280	$28,760	1.32
File Clerks `43-4071`	30	$38,810	1.81
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$130,410	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	230	$64,660	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	330	$37,230	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$48,480	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$49,330	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	260	$77,260	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$80,960	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	330	$57,900	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$84,370	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	150	$62,400	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	390	$43,250	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$55,070	0.92
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	250	$31,290	1.13
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	240	$32,030	3.23
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$57,110	1.10
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,020	$77,340	1.16
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$30,710	0.48
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$39,310	0.95
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$58,240	0.95
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	70	$57,750	0.72
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	780	$48,890	1.50
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$35,480	1.40
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	350	$46,660	8.98
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	780	$33,640	0.72
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$29,300	1.95
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	180	$61,560	0.76
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	90	$60,960	0.85
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$97,750	0.90
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	190	$40,140	0.99
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	60	$48,700	0.37
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	30	$75,520	0.61
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$40,840	0.57
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	220	$46,180	1.84
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$38,660	1.81
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	430	$36,100	0.78
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	70	$60,740	2.39
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	560	$41,460	0.75
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	290	$36,910	1.22
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$32,150	1.50
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$88,810	0.37
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$38,190	1.54
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	120	$47,830	3.44
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$30,160	1.74
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$29,720	2.52
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	270	$61,020	1.67
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	90	$28,080	2.30
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	140	$44,990	0.55
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$46,460	0.91
Loan Officers `13-2072`	210	$73,820	3.00
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	390	$32,800	1.79
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	520	$49,130	1.35
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	50	$99,000	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$50,290	0.35
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	60	$33,370	1.54
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	50	$47,030	0.24
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	90	$45,150	1.74
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	170	$46,020	0.69
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	180	$105,190	1.17
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$37,730	1.06
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$35,650	0.96
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	210	$63,170	1.34
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	110	$38,550	0.30
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	50	$45,960	1.96
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$65,840	1.19
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	60	$46,890	6.00
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$135,200	1.05
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,000	$40,860	2.75
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$94,190	1.17
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	490	$36,420	0.79
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	140	$53,690	1.13
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$36,020	2.97
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$39,900	0.78
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	50	$33,870	0.38
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$47,620	0.43
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$53,820	2.36
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	200	$45,060	2.90
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$52,910	0.90
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	Not available	0.49
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	50	$47,090	7.02
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$132,490	1.31
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	120	$41,130	1.05
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	40	$63,440	1.30
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$101,780	1.04
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$128,700	1.01
Pipelayers `47-2151`	50	$37,700	5.94
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$57,190	1.32
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$60,900	1.38
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	70	$59,970	3.88
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$48,940	1.45
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	70	$64,180	0.55
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$43,830	3.13
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$46,310	0.77
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	30	$94,600	0.13
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$60,270	0.53
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$47,160	1.84
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$69,520	1.78
Rail Car Repairers `49-3043`	90	$54,830	15.83
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	240	$36,150	1.03
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	60	$37,700	0.71
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$48,880	1.41
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	950	$79,430	1.11
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$47,070	2.11
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,160	$30,630	1.18
Roofers `47-2181`	50	$39,010	1.43
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$97,250	0.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	130	$54,870	0.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	330	$63,100	1.06
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$87,930	0.48
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	40	$48,520	1.58
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	420	$62,370	1.56
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	700	$43,710	1.62
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	40	$59,720	0.34
Security Guards `33-9032`	40	$36,640	0.13
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$33,990	0.44
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$38,280	0.85
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$35,850	0.99
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$66,680	1.06
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	60	$38,320	0.59
Software Developers `15-1252`	40	$99,050	0.09
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	120	$62,420	1.88
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$66,130	1.73
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$63,560	1.43
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$79,420	1.20
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	660	$31,800	0.92
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	50	$46,660	3.46
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	70	$62,850	0.60
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	340	$35,850	2.59
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$52,290	1.14
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	30	$61,920	2.57
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	40	$37,040	1.84
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	800	$28,560	2.25
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	90	$66,670	2.47
Tellers `43-3071`	280	$38,470	3.36
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$36,390	2.15
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	90	$68,860	0.82
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$77,220	0.77
Tutors `25-3041`	30	$35,060	0.76
Veterinarians `29-1131`	50	$103,060	2.55
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	40	$35,380	1.11
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$43,060	1.35
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	460	$28,400	0.81
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	110	$51,220	3.31
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	40	$52,920	2.71
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	200	$47,350	1.88