Dental Laboratory Technicians in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,295
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$11,295
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,331
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
$58,590
Kept after tax
$47,295
Worth in national money
$52,331
State rank
7
of 46 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 $58,590, ranking 7 of 46 states and sitting about 18.1% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 240.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,590 you keep $47,295 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,331 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,330.
- Nebraska's median for dental laboratory technicians is $58,590, about 18.1% above the national figure and 7 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, dental laboratory technicians sits at 240 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $47,295 after the full tax stack, from $58,590. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,331 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dental Laboratory Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,990 |
| This salary | $58,590 |
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 | $47,295 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,257 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,642 |
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 | $56,148 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,986 |
| 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 $58,590. The published range is $40,410 up to $69,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $47,295, worked from $58,590. 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 240 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,331, the adjusted value of that $58,590 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 240 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dental laboratory technicians in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,410 to $69,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $47,295, on $58,590 for work ranking 240 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 240 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $52,331 — the adjusted value of that $58,590 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 240 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 $56,330, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,410 at the tenth percentile, $69,990 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,331 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $47,295 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $56,330. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,410 to $69,990) 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 $52,331 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 $47,295 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.