Dodge County, NE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dodge County’s unemployment rate is 2.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dodge County economy

2.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.7% the month before
20,493
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,146
people in Dodge County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,294
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Dodge County ranks

Where Dodge County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#16Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Midwest2.1% · of 100

Dodge 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 down 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.1%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Dodge 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 Dodge 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.

Dodge County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dodge 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 Dodge 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.

Oilgear2 open roles
Border States1 open role
Structural Component Systems1 open role
Taylor & Martin1 open role
UnitedHealth Group1 open role
WholeStone Farms1 open role

Colleges in Dodge County

Colleges in Dodge County
College	City	Type	Students
Midland University	Fremont	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dodge 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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Cities in Dodge County

Fremont8 jobs

Other Nebraska counties

All of Nebraska

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Nebraska’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Nebraska unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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