Loan Officers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,068
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$17,772
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,678
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
$79,840
Kept after tax
$62,068
Worth in national money
$68,678
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays loan officers around $79,840 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 105 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,840 the take-home is $62,068; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,678 would nationally. The average comes to $89,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For loan officers the Nebraska median is $79,840, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nebraska, loan officers ranks 105 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.
- Post-tax income for loan officers in Nebraska, on $79,840, is $62,068 — equivalent to $68,678 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 $89,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Loan Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,640 |
| This salary | $79,840 |
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 | $62,068 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,997 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,791 |
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 | $75,676 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,474 |
| 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 loan officers in Nebraska earn under $79,840 and half over. The published range runs $49,360 at the tenth percentile to $136,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,068 take-home in Nebraska comes from $79,840. 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 105 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,678, the adjusted value of that $79,840 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 105 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for loan officers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,360 to $136,640; 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 $62,068, from $79,840, 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 105 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $68,678 — the adjusted value of that $79,840 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 105 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 $89,530, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,360, the highest tenth $136,640, 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 $68,678 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska's own levy, $62,068 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $89,530. 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 ($49,360) and the ninetieth ($136,640) 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 $68,678 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 $62,068 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.