Construction Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,873
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$24,947
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,953
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
$100,820
Kept after tax
$75,873
Worth in national money
$83,953
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays construction managers a middle wage of $100,820, 43 of 51 states and about 12.32% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, construction managers comes in at 42 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,820 the take-home is $75,873; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $83,953 would nationally. The average comes to $107,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's $100,820 median for construction managers places it 43 of 51 states, about 12.32% 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.
- Construction managers ranks 42 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 construction managers in Nebraska, on $100,820, is $75,873 — equivalent to $83,953 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 $107,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,140 |
| This salary | $100,820 |
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 | $75,873 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,757 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,877 |
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 | $95,299 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,593 |
| 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 $100,820. The published range is $63,840 up to $158,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $75,873, from $100,820, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 42 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $83,953 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 42.
- Reported values are medians; for construction managers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,840 to $158,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,873 from $100,820. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 42 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,953, worked from $100,820, 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 42 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 $107,500, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,840 at the bottom tenth to $158,140 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $83,953.
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 $75,873 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $107,500. 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 ($63,840) and the ninetieth ($158,140) 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 $83,953 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 $75,873 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.