Forest and Conservation Technicians in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,019
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$9,611
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,494
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
$51,630
Kept after tax
$42,019
Worth in national money
$46,494
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $51,630, 32 of 45 states and about 5.37% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 276 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,630 the take-home is $42,019; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $46,494 would nationally. The average comes to $58,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska's $51,630 median for forest and conservation technicians places it 32 of 45 states, about 5.37% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 276 of 488 in Nebraska places forest and conservation technicians 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 forest and conservation technicians in Nebraska, on $51,630, is $42,019 — equivalent to $46,494 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 $58,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,460 |
| This salary | $51,630 |
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 | $42,019 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,665 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,560 |
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 | $49,582 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,886 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,630 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,260 and the ninetieth is $78,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $42,019, from $51,630, 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 276 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 $46,494 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 276.
- The Nebraska median of $51,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,260 to $78,460. 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 $42,019 from $51,630. 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 276 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,494, worked from $51,630, 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 276 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 $58,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,260 at the bottom tenth to $78,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,494.
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 $42,019 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $58,130. 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 ($45,260 to $78,460) 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 $46,494 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 $42,019 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.