Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,380
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$12,280
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,745
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
$62,660
Kept after tax
$50,380
Worth in national money
$55,745
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 31 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $62,660. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 186 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,660 the take-home is $50,380; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,745 would nationally. The average comes to $64,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 31 of 51 for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses at $62,660. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ranks 186 of 488 occupations in Nebraska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Nebraska, on $62,660, is $50,380 — equivalent to $55,745 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 $64,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,940 |
| This salary | $62,660 |
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 | $50,380 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,527 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,690 |
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 | $59,987 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,044 |
| 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 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Nebraska earn under $62,660 and half over. The published range runs $50,890 at the tenth percentile to $77,940 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,380 take-home in Nebraska comes from $62,660. 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 186 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,745, the adjusted value of that $62,660 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 186 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,890 to $77,940; 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 $50,380, from $62,660, 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 186 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $55,745 — the adjusted value of that $62,660 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 186 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $64,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,890 at the bottom tenth to $77,940 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 $55,745 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 $50,380 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 $64,560. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,890 to $77,940) 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 $55,745 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 $50,380 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.