Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,774
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$12,406
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,181
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
$63,180
Kept after tax
$50,774
Worth in national money
$56,181
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $63,180 at the midpoint, 29 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 181.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,180 the take-home is $50,774; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,181 would nationally. The average comes to $64,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For career/technical education teachers, secondary school the Nebraska median is $63,180, ranking 29 of 49 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.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, secondary school sits at 181 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Nebraska, on $63,180, is $50,774 — equivalent to $56,181 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 $64,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,280 |
| This salary | $63,180 |
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 | $50,774 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,697 |
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 | $60,478 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,052 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,180 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,160 and the ninetieth is $79,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,774 take-home in Nebraska comes from $63,180. 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 181 of 488.
- Two cautions on $56,181, the adjusted value of that $63,180 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 181 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $63,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,160 to $79,280. 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 $50,774, from $63,180, 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 181 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 49 for it.
- This $56,181 adjusted figure, worked from $63,180, 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 181 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 181 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,160 at the bottom tenth to $79,280 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $56,181 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,774 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($46,160 to $79,280) 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 $56,181 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 $50,774 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.