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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists hiring difficulty in Omaha, NE

The public market difficulty score for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Omaha, NE is 4.3 out of 10, in the elevated band. The metro median is $81,500 a year, under the U.S. median of $103,410 and within 3 percent of the Nebraska median of $80,970 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Nebraska, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.5%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 36.1 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). This occupation's share of jobs in Omaha is close to its share of U.S. jobs. The location quotient is 0.91 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 500 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Omaha. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Omaha at rank 54 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.