How many sign shops are in the Omaha area?

Name: Sign shops in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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20 sign shops

in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 9% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.09×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Omaha area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
68	Toledo areaOH	21	—	—	2.15×
68	Tucson areaAZ	21	256	$48,159	1.41×
70	Albuquerque areaNM	20	—	—	1.13×
70	Omaha areaNE-IA	20	—	—	1.09×
70	San Jose areaCA	20	129	$73,455	0.37×
73	Colorado Springs areaCO	19	—	—	1.15×
74	Akron areaOH	18	—	—	1.46×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. The Omaha area crosses state lines (Nebraska, Iowa) and is counted whole. For Nebraska as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the Nebraska page.

Other metro areas in Nebraska

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Lincoln area	6	—	—	0.92×
Grand Island area	4	61	$46,421	2.58×
Sioux City area	4	—	—	1.36×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Omaha area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 20 sign manufacturing establishments in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 70 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Omaha area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Omaha area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Nebraska's sign shops paid an average of $55,816 that year.

Does the Omaha area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 9% larger share of the Omaha area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.09, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.