Economic-performance data compares Omaha & 9 Metros, including Austin,
Salt Lake City, Nashville, Colorado Springs 和 more
内布拉斯加州奥马哈，2018年5月16日至今 “2018晴雨表”,” which compares the economic performance 和 characteristics of the Omaha – Council Bluffs – Fremont metro with nine other metros to reveal strengths 和 opportunities for growth, was released today by the 大奥马哈商会.
One of the region’s most comprehensive, 比较分析, the report uses multiple indexes to evaluate Omaha’s competitiveness against other high-performing metros. It is completed in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“Each year we compare the economic performance 和 characteristics of our region. 2018年，我们在全球排名第一. 5 out of the 10 metros, maintaining our ranking for the fifth year in a row,” said David G. Brown, president 和 CEO, 大奥马哈商会. “This does not mean our progress has stagnated – in fact, we’ve bested our overall score by three percent 和 are now 10 percent higher (of the eight indexes combined for this report) than the national 平均. Measuring also allows us to critically examine areas for potential improvement 和 actively make data-informed decisions that catalyze change.”
The report includes comparatives for Omaha’s “peers” (Salt Lake City, UT; Louisville, 肯塔基科罗拉多泉, CO), “竞争者”(得梅因, IA; Kansas City, MO-KS; Oklahoma City, OK) 和 “aspirational cities” (Austin, TX; Raleigh, NC; Nashville, TN).
“One unexpected finding in the 2018年晴雨表 report was a sharp 13.6 percent increase in wages per job in the Omaha Metropolitan Area between 2014 和 2107,” said Dr. Eric Thompson lead researcher 和 director, Bureau of Business Research College of Business Administration University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“These sharp increases are encouraging, given ongoing efforts in Omaha to raise wages by educating 和 training workers for information technology 和 other higher wage occupations,汤普森补充道.
关键数据显示:
- Entrepreneurs in Omaha earn twice as much as the US 平均
- High quality of life – with abundant arts 和 cultural opportunities (No. 2)，快速的通勤时间(No . 6). 2) 和 accessible health care (No. 1)
- Innovation is consistently rising in Greater Omaha – with five-percent growth since 2014, trending to surpass Nashville’s rating
- Business costs are low, with Omaha ranking second only to Louisville, KY
“The annual Barometer report provides a measuring stick to see how Greater Omaha compares against flourishing metros that either exhibit growth patterns we aspire to, or have similar characteristics to ours,詹妮弗·查莱克说, the 大奥马哈商会’s research analyst who oversees the annual Barometer.
Zarek added the 2018年晴雨表, for the first time, shows trends over time. “We can look at our progress over the last five years to see where we have prospered 和 identify potential development opportunities to pursue,”她说。.
Paula Hazlewood, 执行董事, Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation, said regional growth is a result of “persistence paying off.” She added that for Council Bluffs, IA和波塔瓦塔米县, new buildings 和 housing units are “going vertical” on the Missouri riverfront 和 expansions are occurring throughout region. I fully anticipate that momentum continuing.”
加里•克拉克, 执行董事, Greater Fremont Development Council, echoed Hazlewood’s remarks regarding “momentum continuing.” He noted planning in Fremont, NE 和 Dodge County includes, “a Micro-loan 和 grant program designed to support small business, as well as a real estate task force created to examine ways to build up our inventory of available sites for attraction 和 expansion opportunities.”
整体, the Barometer revealed Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont’s economic growth continues to be about 22 percent above the U.S. 平均. 其他特征, such as high educational attainment, low business costs 和 abundant amenities, give Omaha a strong advantage in entrepreneurship, business climate 和 quality of life.
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