Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,525
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$26,325
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,887
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
$104,850
Kept after tax
$78,525
Worth in national money
$86,887
State rank
21
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $104,850 at the midpoint, 21 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 33 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $104,850 the take-home is $78,525; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,887 would nationally. The average comes to $106,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay the Nebraska median is $104,850, ranking 21 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nebraska, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 33 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Nebraska, on $104,850, is $78,525 — equivalent to $86,887 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 $106,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,370 |
| This salary | $104,850 |
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 | $78,525 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,894 |
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 | $99,069 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,616 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,850 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,080 and the ninetieth is $137,370 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $78,525 take-home in Nebraska comes from $104,850. 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 33 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,887, the adjusted value of that $104,850 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 33 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $104,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,080 to $137,370. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $78,525, from $104,850, 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 33 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $86,887 — the adjusted value of that $104,850 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 33 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $78,080 and the top tenth $137,370, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $86,887 in national terms.
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 $78,525 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,080 to $137,370) 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 $86,887 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 $78,525 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.