Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,264
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$6,816
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,806
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
$40,080
Kept after tax
$33,264
Worth in national money
$36,806
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $40,080, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Nebraska, this one sits low: 400 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,080 the take-home is $33,264; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,806 would nationally. The average comes to $40,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service: a median of $40,080, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service occupies position 400 of 488 in Nebraska's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service in Nebraska, on $40,080, is $33,264 — equivalent to $36,806 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 $40,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,560 |
| This salary | $40,080 |
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 | $33,264 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,384 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,423 |
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 | $38,686 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,720 |
| 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 $40,080. The published range is $29,460 up to $48,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $33,264 take-home in Nebraska comes from $40,080. 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 400 of 488.
- Two cautions on $36,806, the adjusted value of that $40,080 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nebraska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 400 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,460 to $48,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $33,264, from $40,080, 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 400 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 50 for it.
- This $36,806 adjusted figure, worked from $40,080, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 400 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 400 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,460 at the tenth percentile, $48,560 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,806 in national terms.
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 $33,264.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,460 to $48,560) 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 $36,806 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 $33,264 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.