First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,347
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$26,753
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,797
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
$106,100
Kept after tax
$79,347
Worth in national money
$87,797
State rank
18
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 $106,100, ranking 18 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $106,100 you keep $79,347, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $87,797 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $104,350, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of police and detectives: a median of $106,100, ranking 18 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.
- First-line supervisors of police and detectives ranks 30 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of police and detectives on $106,100 is $79,347. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $87,797 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $104,350 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $143,290 |
| This salary | $106,100 |
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 | $79,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,471 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,899 |
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 | $100,238 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,623 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,100 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $73,920 and the ninetieth is $143,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $79,347 take-home in Nebraska comes from $106,100. 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 30 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $87,797, the adjusted value of that $106,100 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 30 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $106,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $73,920 to $143,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $79,347, from $106,100, 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 30 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $87,797 — the adjusted value of that $106,100 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 30 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $73,920 and the top tenth $143,290, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $87,797 in national terms.
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 $79,347 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($73,920 to $143,290) 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 $87,797 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 $79,347 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.