Jobs in the Omaha, NE-IA area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Omaha, NE-IA metro area has 629 open job postings from 91 employers in our data. 15.7% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $119,500 a year, 5.4% are remote and 23.4% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $119,500 posted salary in the Omaha area buys about what $130,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 8% below the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($49,500) is worth $54,000 in average-US dollars, 24th of 99 metro areas.
The unemployment rate is 3%, 1.1 points below the median of the metro areas in this report.
15.7% of open job postings list a pay range, 72nd of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 14% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
Omaha compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
629open postings from 91 employers
15.7%list a pay range
$119,500median posted pay (middle half: $105,000 to $161,000)
5.4%remote
3%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$49,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
15.4%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3% in 2026-08 (3.1% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Nebraska, employers had 38,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.5% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 11.2% above its February 2020 level and 11.5% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Omaha, NE
524
79
15.8%
$124,500
Council Bluffs, IA
30
7
n/a
–
Gretna, NE
23
3
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
86 federal job announcements open to the public list Omaha, NE-IA, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $103,500. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (31), Federal Aviation Administration (17), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (16), National Credit Union Administration (5), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (3). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Omaha, NE-IA area run 8% below the national average, and housing runs 14% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $49,500, which is worth $54,000 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $119,500 is worth $130,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
