Human Resources Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,565
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$34,895
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,635
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
$129,460
Kept after tax
$94,565
Worth in national money
$104,635
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays human resources managers a middle wage of $129,460, 35 of 51 states and about 13.28% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 14 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $129,460 you keep $94,565 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $104,635 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $139,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $129,460 median for human resources managers places it 35 of 51 states, about 13.28% 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.
- Within Nebraska, human resources managers ranks 14 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $94,565 after the full tax stack, from $129,460. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $104,635 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $139,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,180 |
| This salary | $129,460 |
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 | $94,565 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,983 |
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 | $121,871 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,820 |
| 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 human resources managers in Nebraska earn under $129,460 and half over. The published range runs $81,990 at the tenth percentile to $205,180 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 $94,565, worked from $129,460. 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 14 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $104,635, the adjusted value of that $129,460 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 14 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources managers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $81,990 to $205,180; 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 $94,565, on $129,460 for work ranking 14 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 14 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $104,635 — the adjusted value of that $129,460 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 14 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 $139,170, 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 $81,990, the highest tenth $205,180, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $104,635 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $94,565.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $139,170. 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 ($81,990) and the ninetieth ($205,180) 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 $104,635 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 $94,565 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.