Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,368
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$5,572
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,495
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
$34,940
Kept after tax
$29,368
Worth in national money
$32,495
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $34,940 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 488 occupations Nebraska publishes, this job lands at 453. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $34,940 the take-home is $29,368; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,495 would nationally. The average comes to $35,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For automotive and watercraft service attendants the Nebraska median is $34,940, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nebraska, this work ranks 453 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for automotive and watercraft service attendants in Nebraska, on $34,940, is $29,368 — equivalent to $32,495 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 $35,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,120 |
| This salary | $34,940 |
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 | $29,368 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,254 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,362 |
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 | $33,837 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,647 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of automotive and watercraft service attendants in Nebraska earn under $34,940 and half over. The published range runs $29,830 at the tenth percentile to $44,120 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,368 take-home in Nebraska comes from $34,940. 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 453 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,495, the adjusted value of that $34,940 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 453 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive and watercraft service attendants in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,830 to $44,120; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $29,368, from $34,940, 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 453 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $32,495 — the adjusted value of that $34,940 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 453 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,830 and the top tenth $44,120, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $32,495 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, $29,368 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,830 to $44,120) 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 $32,495 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 $29,368 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.