Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,079
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,991
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,347
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
$49,070
Kept after tax
$40,079
Worth in national money
$44,347
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 30 of 48 states for locksmiths and safe repairers, with a middle wage of $49,070. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 302 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 $49,070 the take-home is $40,079; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,347 would nationally. The average comes to $50,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 30 of 48 for locksmiths and safe repairers at $49,070. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 302 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Nebraska, on $49,070, is $40,079 — equivalent to $44,347 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 $50,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,620 |
| This salary | $49,070 |
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 | $40,079 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,608 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,529 |
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 | $47,167 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,849 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Nebraska earn under $49,070 and half over. The published range runs $34,110 at the tenth percentile to $69,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,079 take-home in Nebraska comes from $49,070. 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 302 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,347, the adjusted value of that $49,070 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 302 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,110 to $69,620; 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 $40,079, from $49,070, 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 302 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $44,347 — the adjusted value of that $49,070 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 302 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,110, the highest tenth $69,620, 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 $44,347 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, $40,079 remains.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,110) and the ninetieth ($69,620) 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 $44,347 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 $40,079 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.