Healthcare Social Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,198
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$12,222
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,543
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
$62,420
Kept after tax
$50,198
Worth in national money
$55,543
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays healthcare social workers a middle wage of $62,420, 37 of 51 states and about 8.04% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 195.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,420 you keep $50,198, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,543 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $63,680, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska's $62,420 median for healthcare social workers places it 37 of 51 states, about 8.04% 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.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, healthcare social workers sits at 195 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for healthcare social workers on $62,420 is $50,198. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,543 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 $63,680 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,780 |
| This salary | $62,420 |
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 | $50,198 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,334 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,688 |
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 | $59,761 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,041 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of healthcare social workers in Nebraska earn under $62,420 and half over. The published range runs $46,040 at the tenth percentile to $82,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $50,198, worked from $62,420. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 195 of 488.
- Two cautions on $55,543, the adjusted value of that $62,420 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 195 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare social workers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,040 to $82,780; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Nebraska take-home of $50,198, on $62,420 for work ranking 195 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 195 of 488 in the state.
- This $55,543 adjusted figure, worked from $62,420, 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 195 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 195 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,040 at the bottom tenth to $82,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $55,543 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 $50,198 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 ($46,040 to $82,780) 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 $55,543 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 $50,198 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.