Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,725
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$10,155
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,381
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
$53,880
Kept after tax
$43,725
Worth in national money
$48,381
State rank
15
of 51 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 $53,880, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 7.03% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 265 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $53,880 the take-home is $43,725; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,381 would nationally. The average comes to $58,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's median for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance is $53,880, about 7.03% above the national figure and 15 of 51 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 265 of 488 in Nebraska places dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 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 dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Nebraska, on $53,880, is $43,725 — equivalent to $48,381 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 $58,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,260 |
| This salary | $53,880 |
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 | $43,725 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,473 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,586 |
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 | $51,705 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,918 |
| 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 dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Nebraska earn under $53,880 and half over. The published range runs $38,790 at the tenth percentile to $95,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $43,725, worked from $53,880. 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 265 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,381 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 265.
- Figures are distribution medians for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,790 to $95,260; 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.
- The Nebraska take-home of $43,725, on $53,880 for work ranking 265 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 265 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,381, worked from $53,880, 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 265 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 $58,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,790 and the top tenth $95,260 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $48,381 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $43,725 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $58,570. 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 ($38,790) and the ninetieth ($95,260) 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 $48,381 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 $43,725 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.