First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,711
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$11,109
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,685
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
$57,820
Kept after tax
$46,711
Worth in national money
$51,685
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $57,820 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 246 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,820 the take-home is $46,711; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,685 would nationally. The average comes to $60,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers the Nebraska median is $57,820, ranking 29 of 51 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.
- Position 246 of 488 in Nebraska places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Nebraska, on $57,820, is $46,711 — equivalent to $51,685 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 $60,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,320 |
| This salary | $57,820 |
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 | $46,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,638 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,633 |
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 | $55,421 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,975 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Nebraska earn under $57,820 and half over. The published range runs $46,190 at the tenth percentile to $79,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,711 take-home in Nebraska comes from $57,820. 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 246 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,685 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 246.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,190 to $79,320; 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 $46,711, from $57,820, 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 246 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,685, worked from $57,820, 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 246 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 $60,480, 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 — $46,190 at the tenth percentile, $79,320 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $51,685 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $46,711.
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 $60,480. 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 ($46,190 to $79,320) 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 $51,685 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 $46,711 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.