The State Department of Labor reports Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for this past September is 2.9 percent, seasonally adjusted.
The rate is unchanged from the August unemployment rate and the same as the September 2025 rate.
The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September of this year is 4.2 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the August 2026 unemployment rate and is down 0.2 percentage points from the September 2025 unemployment rate.
Total non-farm employment was 1,064,797 in September, up 4,117 over the month and up 3,411 over the year. The largest monthly gains occurred in other services, up 262 jobs, manufacturing, up 189 jobs, and private education and health services, up 109 jobs.
Over the year, the largest gains were in mining and construction, up 4,899 jobs, private education and health services, up 3,770 jobs, and leisure and hospitality, up 2,433 jobs.
(Picture from Nebraska State Government)