Nebraska is truly right-in-the-middle-of-it-all offering an endless array of advantages that make living, working, and doing business here a wonderful and rewarding experience. Nebraska is a state that balances and blends economic opportunity with lifestyle; offers a wide variety of employment opportunities; has minimal commute times, safe communities and life-long learning prospects; provides variety and accessibility to natural, recreational and lifestyle amenities; has a great sense of place offering authenticity and realness featuring interesting older structures with new; blends a range of public space with commercial and personal spaces; has a bustle and buzz of varied activities; boasts exceptional environmental air and water quality, diverse populations, progressive thinking, and innovative and inclusive attitudes. It is this high quality of life that has created an environment where the possibilities for prosperity and happiness are endless.

A few more of the endless possibilities Nebraska also has to offer:

• Employees with an unmatched work ethic
• Central location offering an integrated system of interstates, mainline railroads, and airports
• A 100% public power system – the only state that offers it – providing customers with electrical power at some of the lowest rates in the nation
• Nebraska Quality of Life Brochure
• Nebraska Good Life Brochure

Many companies in the U.S. and around the world have discovered that Nebraska offers the ideal location, quality workforce, and positive economic environment for a wide variety of industries and business endeavors. Over 55 million people are located within a 500-mile radius of Nebraska. Our balanced economic base and vast market potential have provided a profitable home for five Fortune 500 Companies including Berkshire Hathaway, ConAgra Foods, Mutual of Omaha, Peter Kiewit Sons, and Union Pacific Railroad.

• Top 10 of “Best States for Business”, Forbes Magazine, 2008
• 3rd of “Lowest Cost of Doing Business”, Milken Institute, Cost-of-Doing-Business, 2007
• Top 10 of “States Receiving a 5-Star on the 2007 States Healthcare Cost Quotient”, Expansion Management Magazine, 2007
• 2nd for the “Fairness of Litigation Environment”, Institute for Legal Reform, US Chamber of Commerce State Liability Systems Ranking Study, 2008
• 3rd in “Employment per Population Ratio for Populations of 16+ years of age”, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007
• 1st in “Gazelle Jobs” (firms with annual sales revenue that has grown 20 percent or more for four straight years), Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2007 State New Economy Index, 2007
• 4th for the “Best Quality of Life”
• 5th for the “Best Education Climate”, Business Facilities Magazine, Annual Rankings Report, 2008
• 4th “Best State for Jobs”, CareerBuilder.com, 2008
• 4th "Lowest Average Travel Time to Work", U.S. Bureau of the Census