Best jobs in Omaha, NE
The best-scoring occupations in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Omaha, NE (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Omaha, NE pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$598,480 vs $496,010 · +20.7%
$133,760 vs $132,300 · +1.1%
$534,820 vs $358,550 · +49.2%
$393,150 vs $328,730 · +19.6%
$29,450 vs $31,200 · -5.6%
$100,830 vs $120,230 · -16.1%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 665 scored occupations — show all 665show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
138
$60,130
+3.1%
28
169
$65,320
+0.3%
25
217
$59,400
+3.7%
22
270
$90,910
+1.9%
20
279
$44,470
+6.3%
19
355
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$47,490
+4.6%
17
397
$59,380
+2.3%
16
462
$45,840
+2.0%
13†
589
$45,830
-3.8%
9
590
$49,610
-12.1%
9
597
$47,030
-4.3%
8
610
$50,580
-13.7%
8
621
$48,400
-13.6%
8
633
$46,590
-12.0%
7
634
—†
-1.1%
7†
Live jobs in Omaha, NE
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Medical Support Assistant
$36,464–$53,486/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.