Labor Relations Specialists in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,430
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$18,480
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,185
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
$81,910
Kept after tax
$63,430
Worth in national money
$70,185
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 28 of 51 states for labor relations specialists, with a middle wage of $81,910. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 97 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 $81,910 you keep $63,430, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $70,185 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $89,510, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska ranks 28 of 51 for labor relations specialists at $81,910. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Nebraska, labor relations specialists ranks 97 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 labor relations specialists on $81,910 is $63,430. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $70,185 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 $89,510 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,050 |
| This salary | $81,910 |
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 | $63,430 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,454 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,799 |
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 | $77,612 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,485 |
| 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 $81,910. The published range is $55,140 up to $121,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $63,430 take-home in Nebraska comes from $81,910. 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 97 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,185, the adjusted value of that $81,910 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 97 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for labor relations specialists in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,140 to $121,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $63,430, from $81,910, 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 97 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $70,185 — the adjusted value of that $81,910 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 97 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $89,510, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $55,140 and the top tenth $121,050 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $70,185.
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 $63,430 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.
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 $89,510. 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 ($55,140) and the ninetieth ($121,050) 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 $70,185 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 $63,430 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.