Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,722
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,878
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,952
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
$48,600
Kept after tax
$39,722
Worth in national money
$43,952
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,600, ranking 17 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 316 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,600 you keep $39,722, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,952 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $49,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters: a median of $48,600, ranking 17 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.
- Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ranks 316 of 488 occupations in Nebraska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters on $48,600 is $39,722. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,952 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 $49,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,780 |
| This salary | $48,600 |
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 | $39,722 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,524 |
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 | $46,724 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,843 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,600 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,210 and the ninetieth is $64,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,722 take-home in Nebraska comes from $48,600. 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 316 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,952, the adjusted value of that $48,600 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 316 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $48,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,210 to $64,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,722, from $48,600, 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 316 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $43,952 — the adjusted value of that $48,600 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 316 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,210 at the bottom tenth to $64,780 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 $43,952.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Nebraska adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,722 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 ($37,210 to $64,780) 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 $43,952 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 $39,722 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.