Electrical Engineers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,111
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$27,149
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,641
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
$107,260
Kept after tax
$80,111
Worth in national money
$88,641
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays electrical engineers around $107,260 at the midpoint, 31 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 28 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 $107,260 the take-home is $80,111; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $88,641 would nationally. The average lands at $107,140, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical engineers the Nebraska median is $107,260, ranking 31 of 49 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 engineers ranks 28 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 engineers in Nebraska, on $107,260, is $80,111 — equivalent to $88,641 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 $107,140 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,270 |
| This salary | $107,260 |
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 | $80,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,904 |
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 | $101,323 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,630 |
| 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 electrical engineers in Nebraska earn under $107,260 and half over. The published range runs $66,820 at the tenth percentile to $135,270 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 $80,111, worked from $107,260. 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 28 of 488.
- Two cautions on $88,641, the adjusted value of that $107,260 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 28 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical engineers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,820 to $135,270; 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 $80,111, on $107,260 for work ranking 28 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 28 of 488 in the state.
- This $88,641 adjusted figure, worked from $107,260, 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 28 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 28 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $66,820 at the tenth percentile, $135,270 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 $88,641 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 $80,111.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($66,820 to $135,270) 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 $88,641 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 $80,111 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.