Industrial Production Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,071
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$27,129
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,598
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
$107,200
Kept after tax
$80,071
Worth in national money
$88,598
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays industrial production managers a middle wage of $107,200, 49 of 50 states and about 14.96% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial production managers ranks 29 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $107,200 you keep $80,071 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $88,598 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $118,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $107,200 median for industrial production managers places it 49 of 50 states, about 14.96% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, industrial production managers sits 29 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $80,071 after the full tax stack, from $107,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $88,598 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $118,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $171,240 |
| This salary | $107,200 |
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 | $80,071 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,903 |
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 | $101,267 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,629 |
| 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 $107,200. The published range is $75,110 up to $171,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $80,071, worked from $107,200. 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 29 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $88,598 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 29.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial production managers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,110 to $171,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $80,071, on $107,200 for work ranking 29 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 29 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,598, worked from $107,200, 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 29 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 $118,390, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $75,110 and the top tenth $171,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $88,598 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 $80,071 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $118,390. 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 ($75,110) and the ninetieth ($171,240) 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 $88,598 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 $80,071 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.