Clergy in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,484
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$11,036
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,434
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
$57,520
Kept after tax
$46,484
Worth in national money
$51,434
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays clergy a middle wage of $57,520, 38 of 50 states and about 5.41% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Clergy ranks 248 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,520 you keep $46,484 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,434 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $57,520 median for clergy places it 38 of 50 states, about 5.41% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 248 of 488 in Nebraska places clergy in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $46,484 after the full tax stack, from $57,520. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,434 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Clergy
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,230 |
| This salary | $57,520 |
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 | $46,484 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,397 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,629 |
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 | $55,138 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,971 |
| 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 clergy in Nebraska earn under $57,520 and half over. The published range runs $45,920 at the tenth percentile to $67,230 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $46,484, worked from $57,520. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 248 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,434 uses one figure for the whole of Nebraska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 248.
- Figures are distribution medians for clergy in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,920 to $67,230; 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.
- The Nebraska take-home of $46,484, on $57,520 for work ranking 248 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 248 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,434, worked from $57,520, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nebraska address, on work sitting at 248 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,920 at the bottom tenth to $67,230 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $51,434 in national terms.
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 $46,484 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,920 to $67,230) 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 $51,434 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 $46,484 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.