Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,411
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$12,609
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,885
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nebraska — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$64,020
Kept after tax
$51,411
Worth in national money
$56,885
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $64,020. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 19.84% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 171.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,020 you keep $51,411 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,885 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,910, since top earners drag the number up.
- For aircraft mechanics and service technicians, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $64,020, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 19.84%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits at 171 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $51,411 after the full tax stack, from $64,020. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,885 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,910 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,020 |
| This salary | $64,020 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Nebraska | $51,411 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,706 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $61,270 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,064 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,020 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,440 and the ninetieth is $98,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $51,411, from $64,020, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 171 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $56,885, the adjusted value of that $64,020 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nebraska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 171 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $64,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,440 to $98,020. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,411 from $64,020. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 171 of 488 locally.
- This $56,885 adjusted figure, worked from $64,020, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 171 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 171 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $67,910 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,440, the highest tenth $98,020, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $56,885.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $51,411.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nebraska is $67,910. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,440) and the ninetieth ($98,020) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nebraska's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $56,885 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $51,411 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Nebraska income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.