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Saunders County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 286 people out of the 22,008 living in Saunders County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Saunders County has increased compared to the 1.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Saunders County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.3%.

Of the 11,601 people who had a job during that time, 126 were employed in the Armed Forces and 11,475 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	286	2.4%
Employed	11,601	97.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	11,475	96.5%
Employed in armed forces	126	1.1%