What professions added the most jobs in Nebraska? In this article we look into this issue from two angles. First we show the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). Secondly we show the top 50 jobs that had the highest growth rate from year 2010 to 2014 (Table 2). The employment and salary information in Nebraska is computed from data published by BLS [1] in May 2015.
Table 1 shows the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014. We note that from 2010 to 2014, the total employment in Nebraska increased from 901,690 to 942,950 with a net gain of 41,260. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of personal care aides with 4,120 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of general and operations managers with 4,120 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 901,690 | 942,950 | 41,260 | 4.58% | $30,320 |
| 2 | Personal Care Aides | 1,830 | 5,950 | 4,120 | 225.14% | $21,380 |
| 3 | General and Operations Managers | 7,700 | 11,320 | 3,620 | 47.01% | $89,910 |
| 4 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 7,820 | 10,520 | 2,700 | 34.53% | $43,650 |
| 5 | Team Assemblers | 6,650 | 9,090 | 2,440 | 36.69% | $27,860 |
| 6 | Helpers--Production Workers | 1,300 | 3,470 | 2,170 | 166.92% | $23,440 |
| 7 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 19,160 | 21,190 | 2,030 | 10.59% | $17,250 |
| 8 | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 9,290 | 11,090 | 1,800 | 19.38% | $27,010 |
| 9 | Customer Service Representatives | 16,160 | 17,770 | 1,610 | 9.96% | $28,470 |
| 10 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 3,850 | 5,440 | 1,590 | 41.30% | $44,570 |
| 11 | Carpenters | 5,280 | 6,770 | 1,490 | 28.22% | $31,620 |
| 12 | Accountants and Auditors | 7,160 | 8,630 | 1,470 | 20.53% | $55,980 |
| 13 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 16,260 | 17,720 | 1,460 | 8.98% | $24,340 |
| 14 | Office Clerks, General | 15,460 | 16,900 | 1,440 | 9.31% | $21,610 |
| 15 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 1,930 | 3,340 | 1,410 | 73.06% | $40,680 |
| 16 | Machinists | 2,480 | 3,800 | 1,320 | 53.23% | $37,170 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 5,050 | 6,270 | 1,220 | 24.16% | $29,020 |
| 18 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 1,000 | 2,210 | 1,210 | 121.00% | $61,580 |
| 19 | Cooks, Fast Food | 3,390 | 4,590 | 1,200 | 35.40% | $17,450 |
| 20 | Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | 890 | 2,070 | 1,180 | 132.58% | $29,980 |
| 21 | Software Developers, Applications | 3,330 | 4,420 | 1,090 | 32.73% | $68,460 |
| 22 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 13,300 | 14,340 | 1,040 | 7.82% | $27,070 |
| 23 | Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 420 | 1,370 | 950 | 226.19% | $33,080 |
| 24 | Bus Drivers, School or Special Client | 2,450 | 3,360 | 910 | 37.14% | $29,430 |
| 25 | Child, Family, and School Social Workers | 1,750 | 2,600 | 850 | 48.57% | $34,080 |
| 26 | Retail Salespersons | 28,450 | 29,280 | 830 | 2.92% | $19,230 |
| 27 | Childcare Workers | 5,450 | 6,240 | 790 | 14.50% | $17,720 |
| 28 | Cashiers | 23,950 | 24,730 | 780 | 3.26% | $17,750 |
| 29 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators* | 2,400 | 3,160 | 760 | 31.67% | $63,320 |
| 30 | Insurance Sales Agents | 2,120 | 2,870 | 750 | 35.38% | $45,420 |
| 31 | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 3,330 | 4,070 | 740 | 22.22% | $53,190 |
| 32 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 4,590 | 5,330 | 740 | 16.12% | $20,510 |
| 33 | Food Batchmakers | 530 | 1,240 | 710 | 133.96% | $23,490 |
| 34 | Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics | 420 | 1,120 | 700 | 166.67% | $28,680 |
| 35 | Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 810 | 1,490 | 680 | 83.95% | $32,920 |
| 36 | Lawyers | 2,310 | 2,950 | 640 | 27.71% | $83,080 |
| 37 | Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 690 | 1,330 | 640 | 92.75% | $32,590 |
| 38 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 2,520 | 3,150 | 630 | 25.00% | $55,480 |
| 39 | Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 3,660 | 4,290 | 630 | 17.21% | $20,950 |
| 40 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 3,140 | 3,770 | 630 | 20.06% | $33,250 |
| 41 | Compliance Officers | 2,210 | 2,830 | 620 | 28.05% | $52,760 |
| 42 | Construction Managers | 1,470 | 2,070 | 600 | 40.82% | $61,850 |
| 43 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | 2,460 | 3,030 | 570 | 23.17% | $63,870 |
| 44 | Security Guards | 3,890 | 4,450 | 560 | 14.40% | $24,010 |
| 45 | Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 310 | 840 | 530 | 170.97% | $29,910 |
| 46 | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 3,520 | 4,050 | 530 | 15.06% | $31,320 |
| 47 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 7,890 | 8,410 | 520 | 6.59% | $32,190 |
| 48 | Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | 2,570 | 3,070 | 500 | 19.46% | $29,600 |
| 49 | Driver/Sales Workers | 3,140 | 3,630 | 490 | 15.61% | $21,080 |
| 50 | Surveying and Mapping Technicians | 200 | 670 | 470 | 235.00% | $35,730 |
Table 2 shows the top 50 jobs that had the fastest growth rate from 2010 to 2014. We note that the profession that grew the fastest is the profession of computer hardware engineers with a growth rate of 261.54%. It is followed by the profession of surveying and mapping technicians which grew by 235.00% in the same period.