Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,805
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$18,155
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,493
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
$80,960
Kept after tax
$62,805
Worth in national money
$69,493
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $80,960, ranking 44 of 50 states — about 24.56% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 101 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $80,960 you keep $62,805, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,493 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $108,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska ranks 44 of 50 for health specialties teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $80,960 — about 24.56% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Nebraska, health specialties teachers, postsecondary ranks 101 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for health specialties teachers, postsecondary on $80,960 is $62,805. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,493 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 $108,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $230,190 |
| This salary | $80,960 |
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 | $62,805 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,785 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,795 |
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 | $76,724 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,480 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,960 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,210 and the ninetieth is $230,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $62,805 take-home in Nebraska comes from $80,960. 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 101 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,493 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 101.
- The Nebraska median of $80,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,210 to $230,190. 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 $62,805, from $80,960, 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 101 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,493, worked from $80,960, 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 101 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 $108,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,210, the highest tenth $230,190, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $69,493 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 $62,805 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $108,000. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,210) and the ninetieth ($230,190) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $69,493 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 $62,805 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.