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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	5000-9999
University of Nebraska	Education	61	2500-4999
Bryan Health Medical Center	Health care	62	2500-4999
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.	Insurance	52	1000-2499
B & R Stores Inc.	Retail Grocer	44	1000-2499
BNSF Railway	Transportation	48	1000-2499
City of Lincoln	Government	92	1000-2499
Duncan Aviation, Inc.	General aviation service & sales	48	1000-2499
Hy-Vee Food Stores	Retail Grocer	44	1000-2499
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp.	Recreational & utility vehicles; light rail cars	33	1000-2499
Lancaster County	Government	92	1000-2499
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital	Health care	62	1000-2499
Molex Inc.	Electronic components & systems	33	1000-2499
Nelnet Inc.	Student loan origination and processing	52	1000-2499
Saint Elizabeth Health Systems	Health care	62	1000-2499
State Farm Insurance	Insurance	52	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	Avg. Annual	Total Wages
Total, All Industries	10,386	140,815	$782	$37,573	$5,727,259,364
Natural Resources & Mining	76	708	$610	$20,023	$20,434,797
Construction	1,115	8,620	$900	$42,199	$403,946,652
Manufacturing	270	13,552	$1000	$49,639	$704,774,354
Trade, Transportation & Utilites	1,748	32,754	$704	$33,372	$1,198,987,203
Information	130	3,298	$1,187	$50,634	$203,536,664
Financial Activities	930	12,762	$1,044	$51,643	$693,012,895
Professional & Business Services	1,713	19,158	$927	$45,606	$924,668,221
Education & Health Services	2,609	26,196	$823	$39,230	$1,122,058,171
Leisure & Hospitality	928	18,591	$289	$13,274	$279,655,409
Other Services	866	5,176	$654	$30,927	$176,184,998

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Lincoln	Entry Wage	Median	Experienced
Total All Occupations	$54,422	$89,124	$128,689
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$40,505	$60,330	$80,149
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$37,640	$60,076	$76,329
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$43,207	$66,137	$83,872
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$33,612	$50,090	$66,300
Community and Social Services Occupations	$23,626	$35,534	$45,367
Legal Occupations	$40,075	$64,244	$116,484
Education, Training, and Library Occupations	$29,074	$48,688	$69,962
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$24,206	$40,086	$56,871
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$36,004	$55,207	$87,440
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	$18,763	$19,754	$23,865
Sales and Related Occupations	$18,552	$24,463	$43,467
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$21,689	$31,592	$39,943
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$26,748	$38,421	$48,916
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$29,887	$44,798	$54,778
Production Occupations	$22,723	$35,687	$45,944
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$22,630	$39,466	$50,361

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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	1,000-2,499	None
Molex, Inc.	Electronic components & systems	33	1,000-2,499	None
Continental Conti Tech	Power transmission products	33	500-999	USWA Local 286	93.0%
Lincoln Industries	Custom & production plating, metal anodizing & hard coating	32	500-999	None
GSK	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
Tri-Con Industries Ltd.	Seats and parts for various vehicles	33	250-499

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	500-999	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	1000-2499	None
Dell Services	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	308	33,950	$970	$1,710,503,953
Local Government	73	14,574	$834	$631,893,199
State Government	169	16,147	$,023	$858,671,778
Federal Government	66	3,230	$1,310	$219,938,976
Total All Industry/Ownership	10,694	174,765	$803	$7,437,763,317

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