Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,504
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$21,636
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,905
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
$91,140
Kept after tax
$69,504
Worth in national money
$76,905
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $91,140, 47 of 50 states and about 30.01% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 72 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $91,140 you keep $69,504 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $76,905 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $102,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $91,140 median for electronics engineers, except computer places it 47 of 50 states, about 30.01% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 72 of 488 occupations by median in Nebraska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $69,504 after the full tax stack, from $91,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $76,905 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,170 |
| This salary | $91,140 |
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 | $69,504 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,947 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,837 |
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 | $86,245 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,538 |
| 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 electronics engineers, except computer in Nebraska earn under $91,140 and half over. The published range runs $64,040 at the tenth percentile to $159,170 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $69,504 take-home in Nebraska comes from $91,140. 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 72 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,905 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 72.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,040 to $159,170; 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.
- Retained pay of $69,504, from $91,140, 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 72 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,905, worked from $91,140, 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 72 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 $102,170, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,040 at the bottom tenth to $159,170 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $76,905.
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 $69,504 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $102,170. 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 ($64,040) and the ninetieth ($159,170) 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 $76,905 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 $69,504 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.