First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,759
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,251
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,780
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
$46,010
Kept after tax
$37,759
Worth in national money
$41,780
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,010, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 360.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,010 you keep $37,759 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,780 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of personal service workers: a median of $46,010, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 360 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $37,759 after the full tax stack, from $46,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,780 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,370 |
| This salary | $46,010 |
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 | $37,759 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,149 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,493 |
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 | $44,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,805 |
| 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 $46,010. The published range is $36,400 up to $66,370, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $37,759, from $46,010, 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 360 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,780, the adjusted value of that $46,010 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 360 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,400 to $66,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,759 from $46,010. 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 360 of 488 locally.
- This $41,780 adjusted figure, worked from $46,010, 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 360 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 360 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $48,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,400 at the tenth percentile, $66,370 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 $41,780.
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, $37,759 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $48,810. 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 ($36,400 to $66,370) 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 $41,780 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 $37,759 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.