State profile
Nebraska
United States · GDP 2025
#35 of 51 US states by GDP39th-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$198.1B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
923,066
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
56,503
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,958,939
Census PEP · 2022
Nebraska · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Douglas$73.8BLancaster$28.8BSarpy$13.7BHall$5.3BBuffalo$4.5BPlatte$3.9BLincoln$3.3BMadison$3.2BDodge$3.1BAdams$2.7BDakota$2.4BScotts Bluff$2.4BDawson$2.2BWashington$1.9BOtoe$1.8BGage$1.6BSaline$1.3BYork$1.2BCass$1.1BSaunders$1.1BSeward$1.1BCuming$1.1BNemaha$1.1BPhelps$1.0B
See all counties in Nebraska →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Financial Services$247.2B78B+2Union Pacific CorporationIndustrials$24.5B85A3Valmont Industries, Inc.Industrials$4.1B76B+4First National of Nebraska, Inc.Financial Services$3.4B62C5Werner Enterprises, Inc.Industrials$2.9B58C6AMCON Distributing CompanyConsumer Defensive$2.8B75B+7The Buckle, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.3B71B8Lindsay CorporationIndustrials$659.1M73B9Green Plains Inc.Basic Materials$189.0M66B10Western Capital Resources, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$160.0M——11National Research CorporationHealthcare$137.4M75B+12Exodus Movement, Inc.Technology$121.6M49D13Boston Omaha CorporationCommunication Services$114.4M65B14FitLife Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$81.5M67B15Universal Mfg. Co.Consumer Cyclical$32.4M——16Madison County Financial, Inc.Financial Services$32.3M51D17George Risk Industries, Inc.Industrials$22.5M——18CleanCore Solutions, Inc.Industrials$2.1M30D19Sense Technologies, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$189.9k——20Nelnet, Inc.Financial Services$066B21Greenland Mines Ltd.Basic Materials———22Equitable Financial Corp.Financial Services———23Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. Common StockFinancial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance12%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$151.0B2021
$167.8B2022
$183.8B2023
$189.2B2024
$198.1B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR36 filings from 12 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.2k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nebraska?
Nebraska's economy produced $198.1B in 2025, growing 4.7% year over year — slower than 61% of US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.