Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,168
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$21,982
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,640
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
$92,150
Kept after tax
$70,168
Worth in national money
$77,640
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 34 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $92,150. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 69 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $92,150 you keep $70,168, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $77,640 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $87,800, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska ranks 34 of 51 for electrical power-line installers and repairers at $92,150. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 69 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for electrical power-line installers and repairers on $92,150 is $70,168. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $77,640 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $87,800 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,040 |
| This salary | $92,150 |
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 | $70,168 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,658 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,842 |
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 | $87,190 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,544 |
| 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 $92,150. The published range is $52,930 up to $118,040, 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 $70,168, worked from $92,150. 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 69 of 488.
- Two cautions on $77,640, the adjusted value of that $92,150 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 69 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,930 to $118,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $70,168, on $92,150 for work ranking 69 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 69 of 488 in the state.
- This $77,640 adjusted figure, worked from $92,150, 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 69 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 69 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 $87,800, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $52,930 at the tenth percentile, $118,040 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $77,640.
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 $70,168.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $87,800. 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 ($52,930 to $118,040) 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 $77,640 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 $70,168 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.