Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,791
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,899
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,028
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
$48,690
Kept after tax
$39,791
Worth in national money
$44,028
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $48,690, which ranks 9 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.09% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 312.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,690 the take-home is $39,791; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,028 would nationally. The average comes to $49,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 9 of 49 states publishing a median for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, at $48,690 — about 5.09% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic sits at 312 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 cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Nebraska, on $48,690, is $39,791 — equivalent to $44,028 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 $49,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,850 |
| This salary | $48,690 |
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 | $39,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,302 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,525 |
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 | $46,808 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,844 |
| 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 $48,690. The published range is $36,160 up to $60,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $39,791, from $48,690, 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 312 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 $44,028 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 312.
- Reported values are medians; for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,160 to $60,850. 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 $39,791 from $48,690. 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 312 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,028, worked from $48,690, 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 312 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,160 at the tenth percentile, $60,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,028 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska's own levy, $39,791 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($36,160 to $60,850) 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 $44,028 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 $39,791 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.