Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,760
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$21,770
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,189
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
$91,530
Kept after tax
$69,760
Worth in national money
$77,189
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $91,530. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 7.81% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 71 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $91,530 you keep $69,760 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,189 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $96,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- For architects, except landscape and naval, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $91,530, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.81%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Architects, except landscape and naval ranks 71 of 488 occupations by median in Nebraska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $69,760 after the full tax stack, from $91,530. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,189 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $96,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,680 |
| This salary | $91,530 |
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 | $69,760 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,839 |
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 | $86,610 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,540 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $91,530 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,790 and the ninetieth is $167,680 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $69,760, worked from $91,530. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 71 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,189, the adjusted value of that $91,530 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 71 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $91,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,790 to $167,680. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nebraska take-home of $69,760, on $91,530 for work ranking 71 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 71 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $77,189 — the adjusted value of that $91,530 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 71 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $96,580, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,790 at the bottom tenth to $167,680 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $77,189 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska's own levy, $69,760 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $96,580. 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 ($48,790) and the ninetieth ($167,680) 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 $77,189 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 $69,760 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.