Art Directors in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,745
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$15,525
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,894
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
$73,270
Kept after tax
$57,745
Worth in national money
$63,894
State rank
39
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for art directors is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $73,270. That is 39 of 46 states, and about 36.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Art directors ranks 133 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $73,270 the take-home is $57,745; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,894 would nationally. The average comes to $77,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For art directors, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $73,270, ranking 39 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 36.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 133 of 488 in Nebraska places art directors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for art directors in Nebraska, on $73,270, is $57,745 — equivalent to $63,894 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 $77,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Art Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,590 |
| This salary | $73,270 |
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 | $57,745 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,375 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,764 |
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 | $69,531 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,436 |
| 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 $73,270. The published range is $54,530 up to $102,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $57,745, worked from $73,270. 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 133 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,894 uses one figure for the whole of Nebraska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 133.
- Reported values are medians; for art directors in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,530 to $102,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $57,745, on $73,270 for work ranking 133 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 133 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,894, worked from $73,270, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nebraska address, on work sitting at 133 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $77,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,530 at the bottom tenth to $102,590 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $63,894.
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, $57,745 remains.
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.
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 $77,260. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,530 to $102,590) 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 $63,894 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 $57,745 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.