Architectural and Engineering Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,940
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$39,080
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$112,796
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
$141,020
Kept after tax
$101,940
Worth in national money
$112,796
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $141,020, 50 of 51 states and about 17.66% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 6 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $141,020 the take-home is $101,940; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $112,796 would nationally. The average comes to $154,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's $141,020 median for architectural and engineering managers places it 50 of 51 states, about 17.66% 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.
- Architectural and engineering managers ranks 6 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.
- Post-tax income for architectural and engineering managers in Nebraska, on $141,020, is $101,940 — equivalent to $112,796 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $154,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $141,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $222,240 |
| This salary | $141,020 |
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 | $101,940 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $107,653 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,013 |
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 | $132,662 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,862 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $141,020 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $103,070 and the ninetieth is $222,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $101,940, from $141,020, 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 6 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $112,796, the adjusted value of that $141,020 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 6 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $141,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $103,070 to $222,240. 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 $101,940 from $141,020. 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 6 of 488 locally.
- This $112,796 adjusted figure, worked from $141,020, 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 6 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 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 $154,310 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $103,070 at the bottom tenth to $222,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $112,796 in national terms.
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, $101,940 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $154,310. 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 ($103,070) and the ninetieth ($222,240) 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 $112,796 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 $101,940 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.