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title: "Average Salary in Nebraska"
description: "Mean $62,400, median $48,980 in Nebraska (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/nebraska"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Nebraska

Mean annual wage $62,400, median $48,980 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $54,360 (rank 16 of 51 by that measure; rank 29 nominal).

| Percentile | Nebraska | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,120 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,370 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $48,980 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $73,830 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $103,110 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 90.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 75.2 |
| Goods | 94.1 |
| Utilities | 75.6 |
| Other services | 93.0 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $104,510 | 75,700 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $87,030 | 31,220 |
| Legal | $84,620 | 5,950 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $82,080 | 68,630 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $81,040 | 13,200 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $71,850 | 58,830 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $66,950 | 9,410 |
| Protective Service | $60,590 | 17,320 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $60,190 | 61,960 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $58,980 | 45,150 |
| Construction and Extraction | $53,800 | 50,780 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $51,020 | 10,790 |
| Community and Social Service | $50,940 | 14,960 |
| Production | $48,000 | 73,420 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $45,850 | 117,500 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $45,560 | 2,960 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $44,550 | 91,480 |
| Healthcare Support | $38,760 | 41,110 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $37,100 | 29,800 |
| Sales | $36,810 | 88,210 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $31,860 | 90,900 |
| Personal Care and Service | $31,840 | 25,060 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 30,060 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 24,720 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 24,030 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 23,160 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 22,780 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 20,650 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 17,980 workers
- [Nursing Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nursing-assistant): 16,450 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 16,240 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 15,340 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $290,470 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $228,590 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $221,360 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $214,680 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $179,750 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $141,020 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $140,360 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $139,330 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $135,780 median
- [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect): $134,320 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Slaughterer and Meat Packer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/slaughterer-and-meat-packer): 11.89x the national share
- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 8.69x the national share
- [Rail Car Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rail-car-repairer): 8.07x the national share
- [Conveyor Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/conveyor-operator-and-tender): 7.81x the national share
- [Farm Equipment Mechanic and Service Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farm-equipment-mechanic-and-service-technician): 7.09x the national share
- [Agricultural Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-equipment-operator): 5.83x the national share
- [New Accounts Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/new-accounts-clerk): 4.75x the national share
- [Childcare Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/childcare-worker): 2.75x the national share
- [Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/separating-filtering-clarifying-precipitating-and-still-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 2.66x the national share
- [Highway Maintenance Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/highway-maintenance-worker): 2.53x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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