Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,847
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$6,683
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,345
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
$39,530
Kept after tax
$32,847
Worth in national money
$36,345
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $39,530, ranking 6 of 50 states and sitting about 10.85% above the national middle.
- Within Nebraska this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 409. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,530 the take-home is $32,847; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,345 would nationally. The average comes to $42,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's median for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse is $39,530, about 10.85% above the national figure and 6 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Nebraska reports, farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse ranks 409 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Nebraska, on $39,530, is $32,847 — equivalent to $36,345 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 $42,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,700 |
| This salary | $39,530 |
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 | $32,847 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,942 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,416 |
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 | $38,167 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,713 |
| 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 farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Nebraska earn under $39,530 and half over. The published range runs $28,950 at the tenth percentile to $60,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,847 take-home in Nebraska comes from $39,530. 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 409 of 488.
- Two cautions on $36,345, the adjusted value of that $39,530 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 409 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,950 to $60,700; 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 $32,847, from $39,530, 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 409 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 50 for it.
- This $36,345 adjusted figure, worked from $39,530, 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 409 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 409 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $42,430 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $28,950 at the bottom tenth to $60,700 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $36,345 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska's own levy, $32,847 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,430. 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 ($28,950) and the ninetieth ($60,700) 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 $36,345 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 $32,847 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.