Audiologists in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,662
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$23,798
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,506
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
$97,460
Kept after tax
$73,662
Worth in national money
$81,506
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for audiologists. The median is $97,460, ranking 23 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, audiologists ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,460 you keep $73,662, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,506 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,520, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for audiologists: a median of $97,460, ranking 23 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, audiologists sits 53 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for audiologists on $97,460 is $73,662. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,506 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $96,520 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,540 |
| This salary | $97,460 |
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 | $73,662 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,393 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,863 |
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 | $92,157 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,574 |
| 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 $97,460. The published range is $78,900 up to $115,540, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $73,662 take-home in Nebraska comes from $97,460. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 53 of 488.
- Two cautions on $81,506, the adjusted value of that $97,460 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 53 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for audiologists in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,900 to $115,540. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $73,662, from $97,460, assumes a single Nebraska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 53 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 49 for it.
- This $81,506 adjusted figure, worked from $97,460, 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 53 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 53 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,900 at the tenth percentile, $115,540 at the ninetieth.
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 $81,506 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, $73,662 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($78,900 to $115,540) 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 $81,506 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 $73,662 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.