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Lincoln, NE

Lincoln, NE is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 41 tracked employers at a $110,000 median H-1B wage across 1,159 LCAs.

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41
Employers
$110,000
Median H-1B wage
1,159
H-1B filings

Lincoln, NE: 41 tracked employers at a $110,000 median H-1B wage across 1,159 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Lincoln, NE (NE), PlainEmployers rolls up 41 employers at a $110,000 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 41 employers
  • $110,000 median H-1B
  • 1,159 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Lincoln, NE's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$110,000 Top 63% higher than 37% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Lincoln, NE $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Lincoln, NE (41 employers) sits beside Omaha, NE, Elkhorn, NE, La Vista, NE in NE's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Lincoln, NE ranks #294 of 6906 by employer count (about the 96th percentile).

Omaha, NE 108 Elkhorn, NE 12 La Vista, NE 10 Grand Island, NE 6 Bennington, NE 6 Columbus, NE 5
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceFinance & InsuranceOther Services

What the data says about Lincoln, NE

Corpus placement: Lincoln, NE ranks #294 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 96th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 19 of 41 tracked employers (~46%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Humana Inc., University of Colorado, and Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (662 filings combined, ~57% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Lincoln, NE: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Humana Inc., University of Colorado, and Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, together 662 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Lincoln, NE reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 46% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Humana Inc. plus University of Colorado account for about 57% of Lincoln, NE's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Lincoln, NE, 2 carry WARN Act history (3 notices, about 282 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Lincoln, NE: Omaha, NE (108 employers); Elkhorn, NE (12 employers); La Vista, NE (10 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Lincoln, NE

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 3 WARN notices , naming about 282 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Lincoln, NE

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Humana Inc.Management of Companies284$140,754
2University of ColoradoEducational Services212$78,000
3Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaEducational Services166$75,000
4NTT DATA Services, LLCProfessional & Technical Services122$129,022
5Molex, LLCManufacturing79$135,000
6University of Nebraska Medical CenterEducational Services71$65,010
7Coolsoft LLCProfessional & Technical Services39$105,040
8Esystems INC.Professional & Technical Services25$156,000
9Logic Loops, LLCProfessional & Technical Services18$102,669
10Alegent Creighton ClinicHealthcare & Social Assistance18$275,000
11Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.Finance & Insurance18$117,400
12Bass Pro, LLCTransportation & Warehousing12$120,000
13Kellton Tech Solutions, INC.Professional & Technical Services10$119,902
14Eitacies IncProfessional & Technical Services9$104,878
15Bright Vision Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services9$90,226
16Info Labs INC.Professional & Technical Services9$134,750
17Corporate Computer Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services7$145,600
18Spreetail, LLCRetail Trade6$151,000
19The Ingenix Group IncProfessional & Technical Services5$88,088
20Olsson, IncProfessional & Technical Services5$80,000
21Serenity Infotech INC.Professional & Technical Services3$123,893
22National Information Solutions CooperativeProfessional & Technical Services3$82,961
23Assurity Life Insurance CompanyFinance & Insurance3$98,265
24Quanta Health, LLCInformation & Media3$105,782
25The State of Nebraska, Department of TransportationPublic Administration3$66,033
Sources, citation, and related links for Lincoln, NE

Disclaimer: The Lincoln, NE overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Lincoln, NE from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.