Labor
Number of Workers in Family
The Omaha, NE-IA has an average of 1.6 workers per family. This market subsequently ranks 10th in the number of workers per family across the 167 STI Markets. It has a location quotient of 1.07 time the national average of 1.5.
Figure 31: Workers In Family
Labor Force
The Omaha, NE-IA ranks 6th in labor force participation among the 167 STI Markets with 69.2% of those 16 plus in the labor force. Of those in the Labor force 0.92% are in the Armed Forces a value 1.2 times the national average resulting in an Armed Forces employment ranking of 42nd across STI Markets.
In terms of overall employment size, the market ranks 89th with employment of 639,518.
Unemployment Rate of 3%
With an Unemployment Rate of 3% the Omaha, NE-IA currently ranks 151st in Unemployment among the 167 STI Markets.
UER Inequality - High
The Omaha, NE-IA can current be classified as having High level of variation across its Census Tracts. This classification is based on the Gini Coefficient of the market which is currently 0.424. Low (0 to .3), Moderate (.3 to .4), High (.4 to .6), Extreme (.6 to 1). The Gini Coefficient is often used to classify inequality. Across all STI Markets the Omaha, NE-IA ranks 33rd. The interquartile range of the markets Census Tracts, that is its 25th percentile and 75th percentile values, are 1.4% and 4.2%, respectively.
