Scotts Bluff County, NE

FIPS 31157 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Scotts Bluff County had an annual average of 15,976 jobs across 1,217 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

15,976

-0.2% YoY

Establishments

1,217

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,710

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Scotts Bluff County, NE, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 1,713 20 $1,259 $88.8M
722 NAICS 722 1,349 84 $387 $27.1M
621 NAICS 621 768 92 $1,993 $79.6M
921 NAICS 921 628 12 $1,635 $31.4M
455 NAICS 455 614 16 $559 $17.8M
238 NAICS 238 614 73 $1,018 $32.5M
561 NAICS 561 523 54 $960 $26.1M
423 NAICS 423 505 34 $1,552 $40.8M
236 NAICS 236 504 29 $1,863 $48.8M
311 NAICS 311 427 11 $1,114 $24.8M
541 NAICS 541 425 72 $1,192 $26.3M
444 NAICS 444 384 16 $759 $15.1M
441 NAICS 441 342 30 $958 $17.0M
332 NAICS 332 306 6 $1,477 $23.5M
522 NAICS 522 302 25 $1,726 $20.5M
623 NAICS 623 282 4 $969 $13.8M
445 NAICS 445 246 10 $502 $6.4M
484 NAICS 484 240 36 $1,142 $14.3M
721 NAICS 721 186 13 $425 $4.1M
459 NAICS 459 186 24 $523 $5.1M
457 NAICS 457 174 20 $551 $5.0M
812 NAICS 812 170 16 $601 $5.3M
811 NAICS 811 164 40 $890 $7.6M
524 NAICS 524 157 37 $1,070 $8.7M
624 NAICS 624 156 6 $967 $7.4M
517 NAICS 517 153 10 $1,189 $9.5M
923 NAICS 923 139 8 $1,650 $7.4M
713 NAICS 713 136 13 $557 $3.9M
926 NAICS 926 134 15 $1,920 $9.2M
112 NAICS 112 126 20 $810 $5.3M
111 NAICS 111 112 31 $768 $4.5M
492 NAICS 492 110 4 $876 $5.0M
221 NAICS 221 105 12 $2,008 $8.4M
813 NAICS 813 101 12 $364 $1.9M
237 NAICS 237 90 12 $1,153 $5.4M
458 NAICS 458 88 10 $365 $1.7M
922 NAICS 922 87 3 $1,516 $6.8M
456 NAICS 456 86 10 $694 $3.1M
531 NAICS 531 83 33 $899 $3.0M
551 NAICS 551 70 12 $1,872 $6.8M
491 NAICS 491 61 7 $1,371 $4.4M
449 NAICS 449 53 12 $966 $2.7M
488 NAICS 488 49 7 $1,194 $2.8M
924 NAICS 924 33 4 $1,641 $1.9M
516 NAICS 516 31 3 $777 $1.2M
532 NAICS 532 30 6 $849 $1.3M
562 NAICS 562 28 4 $1,169 $1.7M
523 NAICS 523 28 8 $3,168 $4.5M
323 NAICS 323 20 4 $614 $0.6M
925 NAICS 925 14 2 $303 $0.2M
712 NAICS 712 13 1 $1,154 $0.8M
928 NAICS 928 10 2 $999 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 9 7 $274 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

153

jobs · $80,382 avg pay

State Government

601

jobs · $57,840 avg pay

Local Government

2,561

jobs · $51,159 avg pay

Private

12,661

jobs · $51,188 avg pay

NE Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.0%

April 2026

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