Buffalo County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Buffalo County economy

• 2.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.3% the month before

• 29,059

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 50,323

  people in Buffalo County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $74,570

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Buffalo County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 3.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.2%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+502 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Buffalo County. Each link goes to the publisher.

• TikTok’s Bellevue Workforce Grows to 2,200 Despite Layoffs and a Smaller Office FootprintDowntown Bellevue Network · Oct 22, 2026

Learn and get funded in Buffalo County

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Buffalo County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Buffalo County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Buffalo County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. West Pharmaceutical Services4 open roles
2. A241 open role
3. Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
4. Buckle1 open role
5. Energy Innovation1 open role
6. IES Holdings1 open role
7. Marshfield Clinic1 open role
8. Memorial Medical Center1 open role
9. Memorial Medical Center1 open role
10. Miller & Associates1 open role

Colleges in Buffalo County

Conferences in Buffalo County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Buffalo County. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

All conferences

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Buffalo County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Nebraska? How to file for unemployment in Nebraska (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

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