Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,495
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,805
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,701
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
$48,300
Kept after tax
$39,495
Worth in national money
$43,701
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $48,300, ranking 15 of 47 states and sitting about 3.71% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 322 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,300 the take-home is $39,495; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,701 would nationally. The average comes to $49,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's median for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders is $48,300, about 3.71% above the national figure and 15 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 322 of 488 in Nebraska places cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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.
- Post-tax income for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nebraska, on $48,300, is $39,495 — equivalent to $43,701 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 $49,040 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,540 |
| This salary | $48,300 |
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 | $39,495 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,989 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,520 |
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 | $46,441 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,838 |
| 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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nebraska earn under $48,300 and half over. The published range runs $38,690 at the tenth percentile to $60,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,495 take-home in Nebraska comes from $48,300. 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 322 of 488.
- Two cautions on $43,701, the adjusted value of that $48,300 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 322 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,690 to $60,540; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,495, from $48,300, 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 322 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 47 for it.
- This $43,701 adjusted figure, worked from $48,300, 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 322 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 322 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,690 at the tenth percentile, $60,540 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,701.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $39,495.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($38,690 to $60,540) 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 $43,701 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 $39,495 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.