Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,677
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,863
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,902
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
$48,540
Kept after tax
$39,677
Worth in national money
$43,902
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $48,540 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 317 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,540 the take-home is $39,677; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,902 would nationally. The average comes to $49,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For hazardous materials removal workers the Nebraska median is $48,540, ranking 28 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.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 317 of 488 occupations in Nebraska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for hazardous materials removal workers in Nebraska, on $48,540, is $39,677 — equivalent to $43,902 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 $49,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,110 |
| This salary | $48,540 |
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 | $39,677 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,182 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,523 |
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 | $46,667 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,842 |
| 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 $48,540. The published range is $37,770 up to $59,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,677 take-home in Nebraska comes from $48,540. 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 317 of 488.
- Two cautions on $43,902, the adjusted value of that $48,540 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 317 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for hazardous materials removal workers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,770 to $59,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,677, from $48,540, 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 317 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- This $43,902 adjusted figure, worked from $48,540, 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 317 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 317 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,770 at the tenth percentile, $59,110 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 $43,902 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $39,677 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,770 to $59,110) 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 $43,902 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 $39,677 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.