Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,254
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$5,536
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,370
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
$34,790
Kept after tax
$29,254
Worth in national money
$32,370
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 26 of 51 states for laundry and dry-cleaning workers, with a middle wage of $34,790. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nebraska this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 455. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $34,790 the take-home is $29,254; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,370 would nationally. The average comes to $35,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 26 of 51 for laundry and dry-cleaning workers at $34,790. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Nebraska reports, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 455 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Nebraska, on $34,790, is $29,254 — equivalent to $32,370 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $35,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,990 |
| This salary | $34,790 |
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 | $29,254 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,134 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,360 |
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 | $33,696 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,645 |
| 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 laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Nebraska earn under $34,790 and half over. The published range runs $29,910 at the tenth percentile to $43,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,254 take-home in Nebraska comes from $34,790. 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 455 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,370, the adjusted value of that $34,790 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 455 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,910 to $43,990; 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.
- Retained pay of $29,254, from $34,790, 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 455 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $32,370 — the adjusted value of that $34,790 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 455 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,910 and the top tenth $43,990, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $32,370 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 $29,254.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,910 to $43,990) 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 $32,370 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 $29,254 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.