Nebraska · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Nebraska
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Nebraska, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 72,400 people in Nebraska worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $51,140.
Employment in production occupations in Nebraska declined 4.3% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in Nebraska as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.28). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Nebraska are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 72,400Employment, 2025
- $51,140Mean annual wage
- 7.1%Share of Nebraska jobs
- 1.28Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 75,600; 2005 76,100; 2006 76,700; 2007 76,700; 2008 76,800; 2009 70,800; 2010 70,000; 2011 71,700; 2012 73,000; 2013 74,300; 2014 75,100; 2015 75,100; 2016 74,900; 2017 74,600; 2018 74,800; 2019 73,800; 2020 70,000; 2021 69,300; 2022 70,700; 2023 72,500; 2024 73,900; 2025 72,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72,357 | $51,145 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 73,898 | $49,961 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 72,543 | $47,881 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 70,673 | $46,126 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 69,339 | $43,579 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 70,003 | $41,512 | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 73,785 | $39,050 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 74,764 | $38,529 | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 74,624 | $37,219 | 0.3% |
| 2016 | 74,864 | $36,025 | 0.4% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Nebraska, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Nebraska. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.