Used plastic pallets in Nebraska

Where Nebraska's pallet work sits

Warehousing and storage in Nebraska employed 8,246 people at 156 sites in 2025, an average of 52.9 per site, by the BLS count of private employers.

• Sarpy County: 3,613 warehousing jobs, 44% of Nebraska and 0.19% of the country, 2.9 times Douglas County.
• Douglas County: 1,252 warehousing jobs, 15% of Nebraska and 0.07% of the country, 35% of the size of Sarpy County.
• Lancaster County: 1,080 warehousing jobs, 13% of Nebraska and 0.06% of the country, 30% of the size of Sarpy County.

Nebraska against the country

Each line is Nebraska's private-sector figure beside the national total, with the share it makes up and, where the data allows, its rank among the fifty states.

What the ratios say

The BLS withholds counties where a figure would identify one employer, which means the 3 counties shown for Nebraska understate what the state holds.

• The three largest warehousing counties hold 72% of Nebraska's jobs in the line, and Sarpy County alone holds 44%.
• Size of site: 52.9 jobs in the typical Nebraska warehouse, fewer than the 81.5 found across the country (35 percent fewer).
• Food manufacturing employs 5.09 people for every warehousing job in Nebraska; across the US the ratio is 0.93.
• Nebraska holds 2.4% of the nation's food manufacturing jobs and 0.43% of its warehousing jobs, so food is the heavier of the two lines here.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing adds 2,616 jobs, 0.75% of the US total.
• Refrigerated space works out at 5,942 cubic feet for every warehousing job, against 2,098 nationally.
• The metro below accounts for 63% of the state's warehousing jobs, counting disclosed counties only.
• Sarpy County's 3,613 warehousing jobs are more than the whole state total of 9 other states, the largest being New Hampshire at 3,283.
• Maine runs warehouses of nearly the same size, at 52.4 jobs per establishment against 52.9 here.
• For food manufacturing, New Jersey is the closest match at 43,231 jobs, 1,292 above Nebraska's 41,939.
• The smallest county the BLS shows for Nebraska is Lancaster County with 1,080 jobs; the largest has 3.3 times as many.
• If warehousing jobs were split evenly across 50 states, each would hold 2.0% of the total; Nebraska holds 0.43%, which is 0.21 times an even share.
• Delaware sits above Nebraska with 4,249 more warehousing jobs, and New Mexico sits below with 2,521 fewer.

Where Nebraska ranks

Nebraska and the 36 states above it hold 98% of the country's 1,901,976 warehousing jobs between them. The median state has 23,211, so Nebraska is 14,964 jobs below it; California, the largest, has 236,923, or 29 times as many.

Industries that use pallets in Nebraska

The line that stands out in Nebraska is meat and poultry processing, 8.9 times as concentrated as it is across the US. Wash-down plants need clean, crack-free decks. Ask whether any pallet has been repaired, since a weld bead holds residue.

• Meat and poultry processing: 31,833 jobs in Nebraska, 5.7% of the 556,647 across the US, or 3.86 for every warehousing job in the state.
• Food manufacturing: 41,939 jobs in Nebraska, 2.4% of the 1,775,008 across the US, or 5.09 for every warehousing job in the state.

The ladder around Nebraska

At 37th of 50 states by warehousing jobs, Nebraska has these neighbours in the ranking, two above and two below.

Metros we list in Nebraska

One metro in Nebraska has a page with ZIPs, counties and corridors.

Wear you can measure

• Deck bow: lay the straight edge across and slide a feeler between it and the deck.
• Runner flattening: compare the thickness of a worn runner with an unworn one.
• Corner loss: hold a square against the corner and note any missing plastic.
• Pocket height: measure the opening at both ends of each fork pocket.
• Weight: weigh three pallets on a platform scale and note the spread.

A kit for the walk-around

• A steel tape that reads both inches and millimetres.
• A torch for the underside, where hairline cracks hide in shadow.
• A straight edge about a metre long to test decks for bow and dishing.
• Gloves, because burrs and weld beads cut skin.
• A phone, a pen and a numbered sheet so every pallet checked gets a mark.

Asking for a lot in Nebraska

USDA counted 49 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse space in Nebraska on 1 October 2025, 24th among the states; ask the maker how a pallet behaves frozen.

• Footprint: 48 x 40 in
• Grade: like new or used and clean
• Quantity: a band, from a few pallet-loads to a truck
• ZIP: the Nebraska receiving ZIP

Other states

• Alabama
• Alaska
• California
• Florida
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• West Virginia

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