Database Administrators in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,347
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$24,673
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,370
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
$100,020
Kept after tax
$75,347
Worth in national money
$83,370
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for database administrators. The median is $100,020, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, database administrators comes in at 44 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,020 the take-home is $75,347; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $83,370 would nationally. The average comes to $103,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for database administrators: a median of $100,020, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Database administrators ranks 44 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 database administrators in Nebraska, on $100,020, is $75,347 — equivalent to $83,370 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 $103,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,860 |
| This salary | $100,020 |
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 | $75,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,874 |
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 | $94,551 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,588 |
| 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 $100,020. The published range is $63,610 up to $141,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $75,347 take-home in Nebraska comes from $100,020. 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 44 of 488.
- Two cautions on $83,370, the adjusted value of that $100,020 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 44 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for database administrators in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,610 to $141,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $75,347, from $100,020, 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 44 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- This $83,370 adjusted figure, worked from $100,020, 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 44 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 44 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $103,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,610 at the bottom tenth to $141,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $83,370 in national terms.
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 $75,347.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $103,060. 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 ($63,610) and the ninetieth ($141,860) 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 $83,370 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 $75,347 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.