Wayne County, NE Unemployment Rate Report

Wayne County, NE Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Wayne County, Nebraska has ranged from 1.3% in December 2021 to 7.4% in July 1998. The current unemployment rate for Wayne County is 2.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Wayne County, NE Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Wayne County, NE Current Unemployment - 2.4%

Wayne County, NE Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2022	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	1.7%	2.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	1.8%	2.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.5%	1.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	1.9%	2.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	2.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.7%	2.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.4%	2.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2021	2.0%	3.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	2.0%	3.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	2.0%	2.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	1.8%	2.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.0%	2.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	2.6%	2.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.3%	2.7%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.1%	2.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	1.6%	2.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	1.6%	2.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	1.5%	1.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	1.3%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2020	2.5%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	3.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	4.5%	8.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	2.9%	5.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	3.7%	5.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	3.1%	5.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	2.5%	3.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	2.2%	3.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	1.8%	2.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	1.9%	2.9%	6.7%
12 / 2020	1.9%	3.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2019	2.6%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.6%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.6%	3.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.4%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.6%	3.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.4%	2.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.2%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.5%	2.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.0%	2.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2018	2.4%	3.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.4%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.5%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.3%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.4%	2.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.5%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.4%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.5%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.1%	2.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2017	2.5%	3.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.1%	3.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	2.2%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.1%	2.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.3%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.2%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.2%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.9%	2.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.3%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.0%	2.6%	4.1%
11 / 2017	1.8%	2.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.1%	2.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2016	2.7%	3.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	2.4%	3.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	2.5%	3.2%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.2%	2.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.6%	2.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.7%	3.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.3%	3.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.6%	2.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.4%	2.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.0%	2.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.4%	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2015	2.5%	3.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	2.2%	3.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	2.3%	3.1%	5.4%
4 / 2015	2.1%	2.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.5%	2.9%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.4%	3.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.6%	3.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.7%	3.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.4%	2.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.3%	2.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.1%	2.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.6%	2.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2014	3.2%	3.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	3.0%	3.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	3.2%	3.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	2.7%	3.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	2.7%	3.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.7%	3.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.7%	3.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	2.8%	3.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	2.4%	2.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.0%	2.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	1.7%	2.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.4%	2.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2013	3.6%	4.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	3.3%	4.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.1%	4.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	2.9%	3.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.5%	3.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.3%	4.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.3%	4.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	3.2%	3.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	2.5%	3.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	2.5%	3.3%	7.2%
11 / 2013	2.4%	3.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	2.7%	3.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2012	3.1%	4.5%	8.3%
2 / 2012	3.2%	4.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	3.2%	4.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	2.9%	3.9%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.2%	3.9%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.1%	4.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.0%	4.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.4%	3.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	2.7%	3.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	2.8%	3.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	2.7%	3.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	3.1%	3.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2011	3.8%	5.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	3.7%	4.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	3.9%	4.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	3.4%	4.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	3.4%	4.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	4.4%	4.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.2%	4.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	3.7%	4.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	3.0%	4.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	2.7%	4.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	2.6%	3.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	2.8%	4.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2010	4.2%	5.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	4.2%	5.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	4.0%	5.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	3.5%	4.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	4.0%	4.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.8%	4.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.1%	4.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	3.9%	4.4%	9.5%
9 / 2010	3.5%	4.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	3.0%	4.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	3.2%	4.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	3.2%	4.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2009	4.1%	4.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	4.2%	4.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	4.2%	4.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	3.9%	4.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	4.1%	4.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	4.3%	4.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.4%	4.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.0%	4.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	3.8%	4.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	3.2%	4.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	3.4%	4.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	3.5%	4.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2008	3.0%	3.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	2.6%	3.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	2.8%	3.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.4%	3.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	2.9%	3.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.3%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.3%	3.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	2.9%	3.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	2.9%	3.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	2.7%	3.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	2.9%	3.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	2.8%	3.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2007	3.0%	3.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.6%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.4%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.1%	2.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.7%	3.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.3%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.3%	2.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.2%	2.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.3%	2.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.5%	2.9%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.1%	2.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2006	2.7%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.3%	3.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.4%	3.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.6%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.2%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.7%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.3%	2.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.2%	2.8%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.1%	2.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.3%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2005	3.4%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.2%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.6%	4.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.0%	3.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.1%	3.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.3%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.6%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.9%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.6%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.5%	3.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.4%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.6%	3.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2004	2.9%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	2.9%	4.3%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.4%	4.1%	5.8%
4 / 2004	2.7%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	2.9%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.6%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.5%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.0%	3.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.6%	3.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.6%	3.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.9%	3.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.9%	3.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2003	3.1%	4.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	2.9%	4.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.2%	4.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	2.5%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	2.9%	3.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.5%	4.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.5%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.1%	3.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	2.6%	3.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.3%	3.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.3%	3.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	2.4%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2002	2.9%	4.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.0%	4.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.0%	3.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	2.5%	3.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	2.9%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.6%	3.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.8%	3.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.4%	3.4%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.2%	3.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	2.3%	3.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	2.6%	3.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2001	3.1%	3.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.8%	3.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.7%	3.2%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.3%	2.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	2.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.5%	3.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.3%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.9%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.4%	2.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.4%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.4%	3.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.6%	3.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2000	2.5%	3.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	3.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.1%	3.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.3%	2.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	2.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.4%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.1%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.8%	2.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.3%	2.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.3%	2.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.4%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.6%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1999	3.1%	3.3%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.0%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.3%	2.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.7%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.4%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.5%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.7%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.0%	2.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.4%	2.6%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.4%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.3%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	2.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1998	2.7%	2.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.7%	2.7%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.7%	2.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.4%	2.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.1%	2.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.0%	2.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.4%	2.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.6%	2.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.9%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.7%	2.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.5%	2.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1997	3.0%	3.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.7%	3.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.8%	2.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.4%	2.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.1%	2.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.6%	2.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.7%	2.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.1%	2.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.8%	2.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.8%	2.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.4%	1.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.2%	2.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1996	3.4%	3.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.3%	3.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.8%	3.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.0%	2.7%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.4%	2.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.2%	3.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.1%	3.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.7%	2.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.0%	2.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.8%	2.3%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.7%	2.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.5%	2.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1995	3.2%	3.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	2.7%	2.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.6%	2.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.7%	2.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.2%	2.7%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.6%	2.9%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.5%	2.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.2%	2.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.9%	2.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.7%	2.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.7%	2.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.6%	2.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1994	3.3%	3.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.1%	3.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.1%	3.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.4%	2.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.0%	2.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.8%	2.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.4%	2.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.0%	2.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.6%	2.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.6%	2.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.6%	2.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.4%	2.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1993	3.0%	3.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	2.6%	3.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.3%	3.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	2.6%	2.8%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.1%	2.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.6%	3.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.3%	2.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	2.6%	2.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.5%	2.3%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.5%	2.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.1%	2.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.6%	2.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1992	2.8%	3.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	2.5%	3.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	2.8%	3.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	2.5%	2.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.0%	2.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.8%	3.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.4%	3.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.9%	2.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.8%	2.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.7%	2.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.5%	2.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.4%	2.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1991	3.0%	3.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	2.4%	2.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	2.1%	2.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	2.1%	2.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.1%	2.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.8%	3.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.5%	2.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.8%	2.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.5%	2.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.5%	2.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	2.2%	2.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	2.5%	2.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Wayne County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1990	3.0%	3.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.5%	2.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.5%	2.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.2%	2.3%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.5%	2.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.5%	2.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.4%	2.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.8%	2.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.3%	2.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.3%	2.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.0%	1.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	1.8%	2.2%	6.3%