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Lincoln Wages + Employment

Lincoln is a collaborative community led by innovative and forward-thinking companies. Lincoln’s economy is rock solid thanks to the growth in jobs, commercial development, one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, and ranked as a place with the highest growing salaries. See Detailed Lincoln Data to download all information on wages and employment.

Company	Product/Service	NAICS	Employment
Lincoln Public Schools	Education	61	5000-7500
State of Nebraska	Government	92	5000-7500
University of Nebraska	Education	61	5000-7500
B & R Stores Inc.	Retail Grocer	44	2500-4999
BryanLGH Medical Center	Health Care	62	2500-4999
Nelnet Inc	Student Loan orgination and processing	52	2500-4999
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.	Insurance	52	1000-2499
BNSF Railway	Transportation	48	1000-2499
City of Lincoln	Government	92	1000-2499
Duncan Aviation, Inc.	General aviation services & sales	48	1000-2499
Hy-vee Food Stores	Retail Grocer	44	1000-2499
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp.	Recreational & utility vehicles; light rail cars	62	1000-2499
Lancaster County	Government	92	1000-2499
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital	Health care	62	1000-2499
Molex Inc.	Electric components and systems	33	1000-2499
CHI Health St. Elizabeth	Health care	62	1000-2499
US Government	Government	92	1000-2499
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	Retail discount stores	45	1000-2499

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All Industries
Lincoln MSA	Establishment	Avg. Employees	Avg. Weekly	Total Wages
Total, All Industries	10,287	144,531	$855	$6,423,695,000
Natural Resources & Mining	74	564	$675	$19,796,000
Construction	1,157	9,415	$985	$482,157,000
Manufacturing	272	13,487	$1,089	$763,934,000
Trade, Transportation & Utilites	1,735	32,269	$773	$1,296,791,000
Information	141	3,387	$1,330	$234,235,000
Financial Activities	1,032	11,465	$1,194	$,712,098,000
Professional & Business Services	1,749	22,222	$992	$1,146,180,000
Education & Health Services	2,315	27,168	$900	$1,271,259,000
Leisure & Hospitality	950	19,450	$306	$309,489,000
Other Services	862	5,104	$707	$187,756,000

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Lincoln	Entry Wage	Median	Experienced
Total All Occupations	$25,762	$41,774	$64,469
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$41,803	$61,880	$82,672
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$45,980	$68,142	$85,088
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$49,294	$75,636	$102,420
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$37,489	$53,968	$70,088
Community and Social Services Occupations	$31,988	$43,248	$52,320
Legal Occupations	$47,239	$66,098	$107,765
Education, Training, and Library Occupations	$34,618	$55,587	$76,027
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$26,294	$43,031	$68,752
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$42,966	$65,980	$95,993
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	$21,599	$24,606	$28,835
Sales and Related Occupations	$23,808	$29,708	$50,193
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$27,083	$36,832	$45,219
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$32,562	$44,967	$55,876
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$33,633	$50,495	$63,011
Production Occupations	$30,539	$43,481	$53,742
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$25,820	$37,841	$51,593

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Company	Product/Service	NAICS	Employment	Union Affiliation	Union%
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing USA	Recreational & utility vehicles; industrial robots; light rail cars	33	1000-2499	None
Molex, Inc.	Electronic components & systems	33	1000-2499	None
Cook's Ham	Smoke Ham and Pork Products	33	500-999	USWA Local 286	93.0%
Lincoln Industries	Custom & production plating, metal anodizing & hard coating	32	500-999	None
GSK Consumer Healthcare	Over-the-conter pharmaceuticals	33	500-999	None
Zoetis	Veterinary pharmaceuticals	33	500-999
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.	Boilers and heating equipment	33	250-499	None
Hughes Brothers Inc.	Wood, metal & fiberglass products, including fiberglass rebar	32	250-499	None
Lester Electrical Inc.	Industrial battery chargers & power mgmt systems	33	250-499	None
Li-Cor Biosciences	Integrated instrument systems for biotechnology	33	250-499	None
MBA Poultry	Air-chilled poultry products	31	250-499	None
Speedway Motors Inc.	Specialty rodding and racing products	33	250-499
Teledyne Isco	Wastewater samplers, water flow measuring equipment	33	250-499	None

Company	Product/Service	NAICS	Employment	Union Affiliation
State of Nebraska	Government	92	5000-7500	NAPE AFSCME/SLEBC/SCATA
University of Nebraska	Education	61	5000-7500	None
City of Lincoln	Government	92	1000-2499	None
Lancaster County	Government	92	1000-2499	None
US Government	Government	92	1000-2499	None
Nebraska Army & Air National Guard	Government	92	500-999	None

Company	Product/Service	NAICS	Employment	Union Affiliation
Ameritas Life Insurance Company	Insurance	52	1000-2499	None
State Farm Insurance	Insurance	52	500-999	None
NTT Data	Policy administration & business processing services	52	500‐999	None
Lincoln Benefit Life Company, Inc.	Insurance	52	500‐999	None
Allied Insurance	Insurance	52	250-499	None
Assurity Life Insurance Company	Insurance	52	250-499	None

Company	Product/Service	NAICS	Employment	Union Affiliation
BNSF Railway	Transportation	48	1000-2499	BLE, UTU, UTU/Y, BMWE, BRS
Duncan Aviation	Aviation service; avionics inspection, installation & service	48	1000-2499	None
Crete Carrier Corporation	Transportation	48	500-999	None
Sysco	Wholesale food distribution	42	250-499	None

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Government	Establishment	Avg. Employment	Avg. Weekly	Total Wages
Total Government	304	34,542	$1,053	$1,890,883,000
Local Government	73	15,017	$909	$709,477,000
State Government	165	16,077	$1,116	$933,155,000
Federal Government	66	3,448	$1,385	$248,251,000
Total All Industry/Ownership	10,591	179,073	$893	$8,314,578,000

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