Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,383
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$5,257
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,405
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
$33,640
Kept after tax
$28,383
Worth in national money
$31,405
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 22 of 48 states for baggage porters and bellhops, with a middle wage of $33,640. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nebraska this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, baggage porters and bellhops ranks 462. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $33,640 you keep $28,383 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,405 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $33,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska ranks 22 of 48 for baggage porters and bellhops at $33,640. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Nebraska reports, baggage porters and bellhops ranks 462 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $28,383 after the full tax stack, from $33,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,405 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $33,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,590 |
| This salary | $33,640 |
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 | $28,383 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,346 |
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 | $32,611 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,628 |
| 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 $33,640. The published range is $28,080 up to $43,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $28,383 take-home in Nebraska comes from $33,640. 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 462 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,405, the adjusted value of that $33,640 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 462 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for baggage porters and bellhops in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,080 to $43,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $28,383, from $33,640, 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 462 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $31,405 — the adjusted value of that $33,640 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 462 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,080 at the bottom tenth to $43,590 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 $31,405.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $28,383.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,080 to $43,590) 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 $31,405 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 $28,383 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.