Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,496
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$19,554
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,471
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
$85,050
Kept after tax
$65,496
Worth in national money
$72,471
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $85,050 at the midpoint, 24 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 83 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $85,050 the take-home is $65,496; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $72,471 would nationally. The average comes to $94,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For chemistry teachers, postsecondary the Nebraska median is $85,050, ranking 24 of 48 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.
- Chemistry teachers, postsecondary ranks 83 of 488 occupations by median in Nebraska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Nebraska, on $85,050, is $65,496 — equivalent to $72,471 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 $94,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,190 |
| This salary | $85,050 |
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 | $65,496 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,663 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,812 |
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 | $80,549 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,503 |
| 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 $85,050. The published range is $57,320 up to $130,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $65,496 take-home in Nebraska comes from $85,050. 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 83 of 488.
- Two cautions on $72,471, the adjusted value of that $85,050 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 83 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,320 to $130,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $65,496, from $85,050, 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 83 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 48 for it.
- This $72,471 adjusted figure, worked from $85,050, 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 83 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 83 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $94,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,320, the highest tenth $130,190, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $72,471 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 $65,496 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nebraska is $94,230. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,320) and the ninetieth ($130,190) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $72,471 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 $65,496 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.