State overview · NE · Census CBP 2023
Nebraska Industry Benchmarks
Employment, establishments, and payroll for 627 industries in Nebraska. Drill into any industry for a Nebraska-specific view, then cross-reference the national page for margins.
- 898K
- Workers
- 55K
- Establishments
- 627
- Industries tracked
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · Nebraska
Nebraska employs 897,981 workers across 627 tracked industries, led by Temporary Help Services (43,428 workers) among the 268 detailed industries with published employment.
No single sector dominates Nebraska (lead 16%; top-three 40%). Margins stay on national industry pages.
Nebraska sector employment mix
Share of private-sector employment by NAICS-2 sector (Census CBP 2023). Tile area = workers.
Nebraska spreads employment across sectors: the largest, Health Care and Social Assistance, is only 16% of 897,981 private-sector workers (about the 29th percentile of states by employment). No single NAICS-2 block dominates the private labor market here.
Not ranked: 4 of 20 sectors have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Total employment, shares and the mix on this page sum only the sectors with a published figure. How we handle withheld data.
| Sector | Workers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance (62) | 143,276 | 16% |
| Retail Trade (44) | 110,079 | 12% |
| Manufacturing (31) | 104,418 | 12% |
| Top-three cumulative 40% - no single NAICS-2 block dominates. | ||
Profit margins are national (IRS SOI); open any industry row below, then the matching national industry page for profitability.
Census CBP firm roll
County Business Patterns NE DISTRIBUTED · CBP
#36/51 · 897,981 workers · 55,432 firms
- EMP 897,981
- EST 55,432
- RANK #36/51
- PCT 29th pct
- LEAD Health Care and Soci…
- SHARE 16% lead
- BAND distributed
- DENS 16.2 /firm
- BOOK 627 NAICS
- PHOTO Mississippi
Nearest employment-scale peer: Mississippi (955,942 workers)
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Nebraska ranks #36 of 51 states and territories by total private-sector employment (level-2 sector totals, the same non-double-counted aggregate shown above). Margins stay on national industry pages (IRS SOI). Read with this state → · Lead 6-digit industry →
NE in the employment-scale neighbourhood
Top Industries by Employment
Not ranked: 379 of 647 detailed industries have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (1,131), Commercial Banking (1,014), Beauty Salons (596) and 11 more report more establishments than Temporary Help Services, so Temporary Help Services leads only among the 268 detailed industries with published employment. How we handle withheld data.
Breadth peers near Nebraska's private employment
Nearest other states by Census CBP level-2 private employment (897,981 in Nebraska), excluding NE.
Source: Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023 · NE
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