Environmental Engineers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,902
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$31,719
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,368
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
$120,620
Kept after tax
$88,902
Worth in national money
$98,368
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for environmental engineers is strong here. Nebraska's middle earner gets $120,620, putting the state 6 of 50 — about 12.61% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, environmental engineers comes in at 20 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $120,620 the take-home is $88,902; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $98,368 would nationally. The average lands at $120,150, below the middle of the range.
- For environmental engineers, Nebraska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $120,620, ranking 6 of 50 and running about 12.61% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Environmental engineers ranks 20 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.
- Post-tax income for environmental engineers in Nebraska, on $120,620, is $88,902 — equivalent to $98,368 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 $120,150 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Environmental Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,590 |
| This salary | $120,620 |
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 | $88,902 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,686 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,959 |
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 | $113,819 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,750 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $120,620 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,240 and the ninetieth is $165,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $88,902, from $120,620, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 20 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $98,368 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 20.
- The Nebraska median of $120,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,240 to $165,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $88,902 from $120,620. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 20 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $98,368, worked from $120,620, 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 20 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $69,240 at the bottom tenth to $165,590 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 $98,368.
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 $88,902 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($69,240) and the ninetieth ($165,590) 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 $98,368 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 $88,902 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.