Aircraft Service Attendants in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,331
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$6,199
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,668
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
$37,530
Kept after tax
$31,331
Worth in national money
$34,668
State rank
38
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays aircraft service attendants a middle wage of $37,530, 38 of 46 states and about 7.22% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Nebraska this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, aircraft service attendants ranks 432. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,530 you keep $31,331 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,668 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $38,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $37,530 median for aircraft service attendants places it 38 of 46 states, about 7.22% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Nebraska reports, aircraft service attendants ranks 432 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $31,331 after the full tax stack, from $37,530. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,668 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $38,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,100 |
| This salary | $37,530 |
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 | $31,331 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,335 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,392 |
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 | $36,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,684 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nebraska earn less than $37,530. The published range is $33,770 up to $49,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $31,331, from $37,530, 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 432 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,668, the adjusted value of that $37,530 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 432 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft service attendants in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,770 to $49,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,331 from $37,530. 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 432 of 488 locally.
- This $34,668 adjusted figure, worked from $37,530, 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 432 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 432 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,770 at the bottom tenth to $49,100 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $34,668 in national terms.
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 $31,331.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,770 to $49,100) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Nebraska rather than a national figure.
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 $34,668 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 $31,331 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.